![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, private academies and tutors prepared wealthy boys for college. Before then, private endeavors provided a variety of educational experiences. Public secondary schools began to proliferate throughout the United States in the mid-to late nineteenth century. In fact, the emphases of the secondary curriculum have shifted according to local and national goals the historical, philosophical, and intellectual context and societal beliefs about the role of youth in society, as well as other factors. Educators and policymakers have engaged in ongoing debate over what should be included in the secondary curriculum. ![]() Secondary education, however, extends beyond the elementary curriculum and addresses a combination of the personal, intellectual, vocational, and social needs of adolescents in society. Elementary education deals with the rudimentary skills of reading, writing, and computation, as well as social goals deemed important by curriculum developers. In the early twenty-first century, secondary education follows a common elementary school experience, typically beginning at age twelve and continuing through age seventeen or eighteen. In the mid-to late nineteenth century, the United States became the first country to open secondary education to the general public. ![]()
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