Scenarios about 'common schools'
The system of tax-supported public elementary education that became widespread in the United States during the 19th century. Common schools aimed to provide basic education to all children regardless of social class or background, promoting literacy, civic values, and social cohesion in the young republic. This educational movement fundamentally shaped American public education and represented early efforts to use schooling as a tool for national unity and democratic participation.
What If Public Education Was Never Established?
Exploring the alternate timeline where government-funded universal education systems never developed, profoundly reshaping modern society, class mobility, and knowledge distribution.