THE FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOL AND THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL NAME

1. THE FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOL Credit for our modern version of the school system usually goes to Horace Mann. When he became Secretary of Education in Massachusetts in 1837, he set forth his vision for a system of professional teachers who would teach students an organized curriculum of basic content. Generally, public schools in the US were created to educate “the masses” and make them into better workers and better citizens. There were problems of masses of uneducated young people who were rough and uncouth, perpetrating crimes, fighting, etc. The first school was built in 1635 America, Boston Latin. An Italian pedagog Roberto Nevilis is considered the real “inventor” of homework. He was the person who invented homework in far 1905 and made it a punishment to his students. The answer is that we are teachers for reasons bigger than ourselves: to develop our community, to break generational poverty, to develop mutual respect and thinking and reasoning skills, to help students grow, and to transform their thinking and their knowledge and their ability into something greater as a result of .The oldest existing, and continually operating educational institution in the world is the University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco. The University of Bologna, Italy, was founded in 1088 and is the oldest one in Europe. Who Invented School? Horace Mann invented school and what is today the United States' modern school system. Horace was born in 1796 in Massachusetts and became the Secretary of Education in Massachusettes where he championed an organized and set curriculum of core knowledge for each student.The measurement of time began with the invention of sundials in ancient Egypt some time prior to 1500 B.C. However, the time the Egyptians measured was not the same as the time today's clocks measure. For the Egyptians, and indeed for a further three millennia, the basic unit of time was the period of daylight.

2. The history of the school name The word school derives from Greek σχολή (scholē), originally meaning "leisure" and also "that in which leisure is employed", but later "a group to whom lectures were given, school". The idea and practice of universal, compulsory public education developed gradually in Europe, from the early 16th century on into the 19th. ... In America, in the mid 17th century, Massachusetts became the first colony to mandate schooling, the clearly stated purpose of which was to turn children into good Puritans. America's first teacher, Noah Webster - Washington Times. Anne Sullivan (right) is one of the most famous teachers in history, remembered for her life-changing work to help a young, blind, deaf and mute child named Helen Keller learn to communicate with the world. Colin Hegarty, from Preston Manor School in Wembley, has reached the final stages of a competition to find the world's most exceptional teachers. The winner will receive a prize of a $1m (£690,000) at an awards ceremony in March. Kenyan science teacher Peter Tabichi wins $1m global award. A science teacher from rural Kenya who donates most of his salary to help poorer students has been crowned the world's best teacher and awarded a $1m prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179 countries. Well Professor Walter Lewin is rated as the Best Physics teacher in the World as he makes his subject practical and fun. Well, there is a teacher from MIT, who is known as a Superstar Professor due to the revolutionary methods he uses to impart knowledge to his students.