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Part I: "Public Schools" Come to America

By Matthew J. Brouillette, published on July 16, 1999

Contents

  • 1. The Origins of Government Education in the United States
    • Early Colonial Period to the American Revolution: A Free Market in Education
    • Revolution to the 1830s: New England's First Experiment with Government Schools
    • The 1830s and 40s: Horace Mann, the End of Free-Market Education, and the Rise of Government Schools
    • The 1850s and Beyond: States Strengthen Government's Role in Education and Restrict School Choice
  • 2. A Brief History of Government Education in Michigan
    • Isaac E. Crary: The Founder of Government Education in Michigan
    • John Davis Pierce: Michigan's First Superintendent of Public Instruction
    • Michigan Children Become "Creatures of the State"
    • Michigan Education in the Twentieth Century
    • "Parochiaid" and the 1970 Amendment to the Michigan Constitution
    • The Effect of the 1970 Anti-Choice Amendment
ISBN: 1-890624-14-4, SKU: S1999-06
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School Choice in Michigan: A Primer for Freedom in Education

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Part I: "Public Schools" Come to America
    • 1. The Origins of Government Education in the United States
    • 2. A Brief History of Government Education in Michigan
  • Part II: Governmental vs. Parental Control of Education
  • Part III: Expanding School Choice in Michigan
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • End Notes
  • Acknowledgements and About the Author

From the outset of the first settlements in the New World, Americans founded and successfully maintained a de-centralized network of schools up through the 1850s.

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