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Education For All: Education in the Early 1800s To have the class summarize three new forms of education, compare them to today's education, and examine how logical they were.

In the early 1800s, three new forms of education came into play; Lancaster schools, women's colleges, and public school.

Lancaster schools were for the poorer children of London and were able to have only one teacher for every 1000 students. This was done by having the more advanced students teach the less advanced students. The students learned by teaching and by being taught, and were very comfortable being taught by their peers. These schools were started by Joseph Lancaster so that the rich were not the only educated people. Eventually the British government shut the schools down because they did not view them as suitable learning environments.

Women's colleges were the first form of education available to women beyond grammar school that were not classes with a private tutor. Many colleges offered "Women's Courses" which were easier and focused on being a mother and wife. In the 1800s, however, colleges and courses began to come about where women had the same educational opportunities as men.

Public school also brought education to those who did not have it before. Children were taught at home if their parents could afford a tutor. With these new public schools, every child could attend, and was required to through elementary age. The schools were not always very nice, they could be cold or shabby, but they were a place for students of all ages to come together for a decent education. These schools were funded by the government, the same way public schools are today.

Like Lancaster schools, tutoring at public schools today allows students to teach each other in a low pressure environment. However, we don't have any schools where this is the main form of education.

Women today can go to any mainstream college they choose and are treated with almost complete equality in the United States.

Public schools have evolved from one room schoolhouses to multilevel complexes, and they are still funded by the government.

All of these innovative forms of education expanded the realm of learning to those who had never had it available to them. The poor and the women could now make their way in a world that was rapidly changing and growing. Although a one room school or one teacher for 1000 students does not seem logical or even possible, they were key parts of making education what it is today.

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