Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Robert C. Allen

Author:Robert C. Allen [Allen, Robert C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-09-14T18:30:00+00:00

The immediate reason for the difference between the two countries is obvious: the USA had more schools than Mexico. New England had achieved close to complete literacy for its male population in the colonial period, with state-financed schools and compulsory attendance. Horace Mann led the renewal of Massachusetts education, and in 1852 a system modelled on Prussia’s was adopted. The ‘common school movement’ spread to other northern states where it met the needs of industry. Mass education became as American as high tariffs. In 1862, the Vermont congressman Justin Smith Morrill, who had sponsored the protective tariff bill the previous year, introduced a bill to grant federal land to states to establish universities. Over 70 so-called ‘land grant colleges’ were created. Between 1910 and 1940, the ‘high school movement’ saw the creation of state secondary schools across the country. Since the Second World War, there has been further expansion of high schools and universities.

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