Education In The Early Republic

Public school funding has been one of the most controversial topics in our world. Both documents, “Education in the Early Republic” and “The Case Against Public Schooling,” both share different opinions in regards to this matter. One article claims that public funding schools are beneficial to American success, while the other article argues that public funding schools are not essential to the American culture. In the article, “Education in the Early Republic,” believes that education is a key to individual opportunity. This document argues that public schooling helps to keep young adults away from the streets, hanging around with the wrong crowd and getting in trouble. In the first article, “Education in the Early Republic,” it states that “The campaign for public schools began …show more content…
The author, McCluskey, mentions in this article how “ most of our history government either banned, or segregated African Americans when they tried to access public schools.” Which gives us to understand that back then not every individual had the chance to gain educations because they were judged by their skin color. McCluskey also argues how evidence has shown to proved wrong that public schools hasn’t spread education wider that it has done in private schools. He states, “ even today’s private school choice programs- vouchers, tax credits, and education saving accounts- appear to get better academic results than traditional public schools.” Although he wants the readers to understand that public schooling is an obstacle to American success, he’s wrong. There have been many more studies that have proved how public education has been very beneficial for individuals. Public schools are more accessible to afford compared to private schools, so there’s a higher chance for more students to obtain a high paying career to give back to their