The modern system of compulsory schooling was imported from Prussia by U.S. industrialists to create a compliant workforce and supplanted an American educational tradition that produced great leaders, as well as, a highly literate population.
Ken MacDermotRoe, Host Bonnie MacDermotRoe, Technical Director
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