Evolution of The education system in the United States
The education system in the United States has evolved in many aspects since the colonial period. During that period, education was barely formal and only the children from the high class in the social setting attended schools. Besides, parents in Massachusetts were allowed to teach their children how to read with the other in the enormous towns introducing their children to elementary schools. The number of students attending colleges was few in the mid 1990’s after the incorporation of free and compulsory education in the primary and secondary schools in the United States. However, changes were evident after the World War II when the number of students attending colleges escalated than ever before until today. In the 21st century, technology has engulfed the education system with the digitization of almost all the aspects of education. Nowadays, the current learning education aims at instilling work-based skills so as to compete effectively in the current world. This is due to the fact that the 21st century education’s objective is to keep up with the 21st century economy by passing knowledge to the students in order to connect with the real world and generate practical application in all the fields such as engineering and Information Technology. This essay is an editorial for the school newspaper “CBC Connection” relating to the education in the United States.
Currently, the state of education in the United States is still devastating despite of the efforts being shown by the government since the rising institutions such as the universities and colleges have converted themselves into domains for the wealthy students because its only them who can afford the admission fee thus neglecting the students from the low social class. For instance, attending universities such as the Princeton, Yale and Harvard for students from the middle and lower social classes is a prestigious wish which never comes to a reality. The basic fact remains that the tuition fee of these elite institutions is more than the average annual income of an American citizen, that is, thirty-five thousand dollars compared to twenty-nine thousand dollars.