The History of Teaching in America

Many changes have been made in the school system since the turn of the century in 1900. In 1919 schools finally had enough money for children to be transported to school by the school. Only a few years later things did get a lot worse thought. The country came to a halt economically and the whole county hit a depression. Schools suffered severely as families had no money and teachers were laid off left and right, and if they were not laid off their salaries were decreased dramatically. Right after that during WWII many young men dropped out of college and high school to enlist or work in war factories. One good thing that did happen after many years was that schools stepped up the health in schools by offering vaccinations (Sass).

Finally in 1954 with the case Brown vs. Board of Education schools were taken off the “separated but equal law”. The outcome was very good and ended up being the desegregation of schools. Though many years later the first black to join a then white school was Rudy Bridges. She soon became a class of one as all parents with white children took their kids out of school (Sass).

In 1992 City Academy High School opened; this was the first charter school in America. It opened in St. Paul, Minnesota. The school could only have been opened by the support of the City of St. Paul, Northern States Power Company, and the Minnesota Department of Education. Today the city academy is running on the Youthbuild program and many other charter schools have opened up all over the country thanks to them (Background).

Over the years schooling has gotten only better schooling for all types of learners and religious schools have been established. Our schools have had many problems over the years, but most problems that came up have been fixed, as you can see by the example of the desegregation of our schools in 1875 and 1954. Thanks to the many schools in our country opportunities have opened up for many different children.