History of Education

The school is a product of civilization. It became necessary because of the division of labor
caused by the multiplication of the interests of mankind which made it impossible for the
home to continue wholly to care for the training of its children. The history of education
must not merely treat of the development of the school, but it must consider education in its
broader meaning; that is, as a history of civilization. For this reason some of the great
educators of the world who have not been school teachers, must receive consideration.