The following is an example of the development of public schools in the Ozarks.

Public Schools in the Ozarks, 1920-40 By William D. Baker

Below is a Separate bit of information on the movement for Compulsory Public Education.

Compulsory public education

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What is interesting is if you consider that from the very beginning the elite, even in the colleges, actually opposed the public education system. Kind of odd to think that it was the KKK that pushed the movement for Compulsory Public Education even as the Federal Government opposed it. So one has to ask when one looks at the evolution of the public school system and how badly it is failing, if when the Federal Government basically hijacked the Local Public School System if it was really to help the poor and middle class or if it was to intentionally create a failed system.

Contrary to what you might think, the School System of the 1950's to 1980's, with exception for certain areas and groups was better than what we have today. Just as there is a real fear that what the Federal Government wants to do to Healthcare is to actually harm people, maybe all you have to do is look at the Federal Intrusion into the Public Education System to understand why that fear is valid.