The Hidden Origins of Compulsory, Tax-Supported Government Schooling in America – What the Professional Managerial Elites Do Not Want You to Know
June 8, 2024
Why the Schools Went Public.
In the early 1800s, private schools were thriving. Then a small group of wealthy intellectuals decided education must be socialized. And in 40 years they had largely accomplished their goal. Here for the first time is the story of their campaign.
by Samuel L. Blumenfeld
https://reason.com/1979/03/01/why-the-schools-went-public/
Samuel L. Blumenfeld, Is Public Education Necessary? (An Early History of What Happened)
http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/Books/Is%20Public%20Education%20Necessary.pdf
Murray N. Rothbard, Education: Free and Compulsory
https://www.mises.at/static/literatur/Buch/rothbard-education-free-and-compusory.pdf
John Taylor Gatto, The Underground History of American Education: A School Teacher’s Intimate Investigation into the Problem of Modern Schools
https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/TheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducation_758/TheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducation.pdf


