If you think about it, it is to imagine a world where public schools did not exist. But, yes, it is true almost 160 years ago in many places all over the country, no education was provided publicly. in fact, even by the 20th century, some young people still did not have access to free public high schools. Luckily, today, every American can get a free education and obtain a high school diploma. Although formal school was not widely available, education was important to the early American colonists. Quickly realizing that simply teaching children to read and write at home and in church was not good enough, so colonists began to establish public schools in the early 1600s. At first, only boys could go to these establishments. Throughout the
