A Short History of Public Schooling - Excerpt from the film Class Dismissed

Very few people know the history of school. Nor do they know the real reason schools were established in the first place. Here's a short history of schools in the U.S. from the documentary Class Dismissed http://ClassDismissedMovie.com Features interviews of John Taylor Gatto, Laurie A. Couture and discusses Horace Mann and Johann Fichte's influence on today's public school system and how the Prussian model of education & military findings were instrumental to the origins of school.