Educational System
Do you think that the educational system as it is presently functioning in the United States serves students well?
Or do you think that it might be more responsive to their needs, if is revamped to incorporate a mix of educational modalities that predominated in colonial America?
Questions you should respond to are written in italics.
Apprenticeship programs
Might updated apprenticeships be more responsive to the needs of students than are the educational programs now operational in America’s cities? Might they send students on their way to a career while they are still in high school? Might apprenticeship programs sponsored by unions grant participants a chance to earn while they learn?
Do some research on apprenticeship programs which are currently being made available to students and on apprenticeship programs as they existed during Colonial times. Use both the text and outside resources as you collect pertinent information.
Home Schooling
Do you think that it(home schooling) can live up to the promises proponents make for it?
In answering these questions do some research on the apprenticeship programs and the home schooling efforts which are being offered to today’s students and on these educational modalities as they existed during Colonial times. Use the text, outside resources, your personal observations plus dialogues with others as you collect this essential information.
