Education System After The Revolution

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roots was a question of great debate. The major cause of debate was how to organize a balance between freedom and order.( Spring p.53) Everyone was in agreement that this new found virtue of freedom was one that had a place in the education system, but with the strong religious beliefs and newfound political ideas the concern was on how to control this idea of freedom. Society would allow people to be free if they were taught to be ethical through education.(Spring p.53) So, it was agreed that schools would teach students to read, write and to have good morals and ethics that would be excepted in society. In spite of this agreement lied the debate of political ideas.
Political ideas is where order was to be taught to the people. However, this is where disagreement between two major sides developed. On one side it was believed that the education system as well as society could enable a individual to develop his or her own political ideas. On the other hand it was believed ...

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preparing the political leaders.
The academies and colleges would select boy geniuses of the first two tiers that would be taught the sciences and would become the future leaders of the country. Science is a prime form of ideology in society. This was important, but Jefferson himself believed that education of the citizen was more important.(Spring p.59)
So let's look at how Jefferson wanted to go about educating the common individual. Jefferson combines the ideological, political and economic factors into the teaching of history. Morals also an ideological idea, were thought to be a virtue that all individuals are born with and this quality will allow people to make their own ...

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