Did you know that over 1.2 million kids in America drop out of high school every year? That’s a lot of students dropping out of high school, and education seems as if it’s failing. On the other hand, over half of high school students graduate. Although there are still problems with the current Education System, education has gotten better since the 1800s. It can be fixed by examining what has been tried in the past, and what the system's weak spots are. This paragraph has stated that schools are improving, now it will tell you what problems they have and need to improve on.
Problems with Education in America
A huge problem with the current American Educational System is that students aren’t often prepared for college. 60% of students realize
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ranks 72nd in girls going to grade school. This seems as if this country isn’t doing so well when you’re told that, but actually 92% of girls in America go to grade school. Greece, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Spain, and Greece are tied for 1st with 100% of girls going to grade school, and Afghanistan ranks last with 0%.
Past Education in the U.S.
During the 1800s, the Common Schools Movement took place. The Common School Movement was the spreading of the common-school system. The common-school system is the national education based on the idea of education for all. Henry Barnard, Horace Mann, and many other education reformers helped make it. They said education would prevent poverty and crime and also help social stability. However, an organized education didn’t exist until the 1840s.
As a part of the movement for an organized system, the McGuffey Reader was one of the very popular school textbooks in the 19th century. Rev. William Holmes McGuffey was asked to write this book in 1833. The first book introduces kids to McGuffey’s ethical code, while the second book contains 85 reading and spelling lessons, outlines history, biology, botany, zoology, astronomy, table manners, attitude towards teachers and God, and behavior toward