Early Education Efforts
Prior to the American Civil War, educating the youth in Mississippi was in the hands of academies and private schools. There was no set curriculum enforced throughout the state, and children mostly stayed at home to work to support the family.
Funding for the few schools was left to private donations and student tuition. In Columbus, Franklin Academy for Boys was opened in 1821 and was the first of many public schools to sprout up in throughout Mississippi. By 1830, only 13 percent of white children were enrolled in public schools and there was limited access to government funded schools at the beginning of the Reconstruction.
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