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Schooled

A provocative history of how schools evolved from ancient academies to modern American factories designed to mass-produce obedient citizens.

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Chapters

13 total
  1. 01Chapter One - Before School Was School
  2. 02Chapter Two - The First Nerd Factories
  3. 03Chapter Three - Plato Built a Clubhouse
  4. 04Chapter Four - Rome: The Worksheet Empire
  5. 05Chapter Five - Monks, Manuscripts, and Misery
  6. 06Chapter Six - The Renaissance Tutors Go Off
  7. 07Chapter Seven - Bells, Rows, and Order: The Prussian Blueprint
  8. 08Chapter Eight - Horace Mann Ruins Summer
  9. 09Chapter Nine - Desks of Destiny
  10. 10Chapter Ten - Homework, Hall Passes, and Hall Monitors
  11. 11Chapter Eleven - Standardized and Sanitized
  12. 12Chapter Twelve - Tablets, Zoom, and TikTok in the Back Row
  13. 13Chapter Thirteen - The Kids Aren’t the Problem
Edition notes and short pages
Dedications, notices, acknowledgments, author notes, and short passages from this book.

Schooled

Schooled
A History of Childhood Education
by James Johnson

Dedication

For the kids who sat still, stayed quiet, and still knew something wasn’t right.
You were paying attention the whole time.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


THANKS TO THE teachers who knew the rules but didn’t always enforce them.
To the students who asked better questions than the textbook allowed.
And to anyone who ever got sent to the principal’s office for thinking too fast.

This one’s for the back row.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


JJ WRITES CULTURAL history with a sharp edge.
His work covers power structures, belief systems, media frameworks, and the institutions we all pass through — often without knowing how deep they run.
He is the author of over 180 books and did somehow survive school.

More at: jjarchives.com

COPYRIGHT


© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without permission from the author, except for brief quotations used in reviews, criticism, or education.

This is a work of nonfiction based on historical sources, public records, and cultural analysis. It is not affiliated with any school district, government body, or educational institution.

Any resemblance to that one teacher who gave you Saturday detention is purely coincidental.