Role of Education
... However, with the emergence of the Common School during the 1800’s, education became available to members of all social classes and eventually all races. According to Joel Spring, author of American Education, the primary goals of the Common School were to teach children a common set of morals and political values, to promote equality of opportunity, and to stimulate economic growth. ... In order to achieve these goals, today’s system of education fulfills the roles of adapting students to changing social trends and producing educated workers ready to meet the demands of the labor market. ... It became the main role of the schools to socialize students and teach them to adapt to social change. ... As young children entered the education system, schools were forced to adapt a more diverse curriculum that included foreign language education. ... Another prominent role of the educational system was to maintain the economical demand for workers in the job market. ... This role is still evident in today’s schools systems. ... Therefore increasing amounts of class rooms are equipped with computers and other technologically advanced equipment that will benefit students’ education now and in the future.