A private higher-education institution

A private higher-education institution

Academy

·         A private higher-education institution

Apprenticeship

·         A hands-on training process in which the student learns a trade directly from a master in the field

Charter School

·         An independently run school that receives government funding

Compulsory Era

·         Era of education in which the government had the most control over what children learned and how they were educated

Dame school

·         Schools set up in private residences in order to teach neighborhood children

Education

·         The act of passing knowledge from one person to another

Encouraging age

·         Era of education in which public education was made available to children but parents were still allowed to choose whether or not to send their children to school

Freedom of school choice era

·         Era of education in which there is an increase in the number of alternative schooling options available for children

Hornbook

·         A wooden paddle covered with a piece of transparent horn to which lessons could be attached

Permissive Era

·         Era of education in which some local governments set up public schools but the decision whether or not to send a child to school was left completely up to the parents