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Why were American colonial schools patterned in many cases after the English school system?

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Today's schools are mandatory for all children up to a certain age. ... Schools in colonial times were none of these things. Schools in those times were typically provided by churches rather than by governments. Schooling was almost exclusively a male privilege as girls were not expected to do much learning.

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