A child’s education was anything but “standardized” during America’s colonial era. For children living in the 13 colonies, the availability of schools varied greatly by region—and race. The vast majority of colonial schools catered to children of European settlers who could afford to contribute a fee for their children's education. Reading was often tied to religious obligations, and corporal punishment was widely accepted and expected in educational settings.
In the early 19th century, there were not enough educators to go around in America’s burgeoning school system, so teachers outsourced many of their duties to the students themselves, using a "monitorial system."
Unlike today's hallway monitors, these student monitors taught lessons to their peers after learning themselves in order to free up teachers to educate other students. The selected students were also responsible for management duties, including procuring classroom materials, promoting students—and even monitoring other monitors.
In 1901, California banned all homework for students below high school. This was part of an anti-homework movement, which argued homework was detrimental to children's health and a waste of time. Read more.
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