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| At that time most schools were privately operated and charged fees |
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| Fees for schooling were usually not large; nonetheless, many families could not afford them. |
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| While most of the towns and cities had schools, many rural districts did not. |
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| Fairly wealthy rural families hired tutors or else sent their sons to boarding schools. |
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| However, a member of the family was the only teacher that most daughters would have. |
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| Anyone supervising apprentices was responsible for those children’s education. |
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| Following the American Revolution, textbooks, including Noah Webster’s famous speller, began to appear. |
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| Webster’s text, and others, followed American pronunciation in teaching spelling. |
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| During the 1800s, people started viewing free public education more favorably. |
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| Advocates for these schools also wanted state education boards to establish goals for students. |
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| There were few colleges in America; most of these had been established to educate ministers. |
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| A boy applying for admission to a college would have studied Latin, Greek, and mathematics. |
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| Preparing for college might also have included courses in history, rhetoric, and logic. |
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| College preparatory schools, called academies, were the predecessors of high schools. |
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| The problem for many was understanding the purpose of the curriculum in these schools. |
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| Previously, some college preparation had been designed to give students strong trade skills. |
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| Students at colonial colleges could expect to study science, literature, and modern languages. |
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| Taking advanced classes in Latin, Greek, and mathematics was also common. |
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| Instead of long assignments from textbooks, students had to learn by rote memorization. |
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