Why Leadership in Education is Necessary | Education

By KayleyKenzie
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There are essentially three types of education, the public school system, professional education, and leadership in education. Leadership in education is also known as Thomas Jefferson Education.

The public school system was instituted as a way to help educate students whose family couldn't afford to give them any other kind of education. The system was started to produce young people who could receive a diploma and enter the work force.

In today's society, the majority of American students receive this form of education. Educators who are familiar with Thomas Jefferson's form of education refer to the public school system as "conveyor-belt education." Basically, this analogy compares students to factory products.

In the public school system, children are given all the same materials at the same age and are tested indistinguishably. There is no concentration on each individual's talents or interests.

This kind of education produces good workers, at any rate. They are taught what to think.

The second system is professional education, which is very similar to its public counterpart. These schools provide training in specialized areas, such as business, law, medicine, and other trades.

Most of us know them as trade schools. It's much more difficult for students to enter a school like this, since competitive students are the best. When all is said and done, this form of education produces a trained specialists who knows when to think.

Leadership in education, or leadership education, is the third form of education. Historically, students of this system went on to become powerful leaders in government. Students from this system also become champions of noble causes, great speakers, and entrepreneurs.

It was Thomas Jefferson's vision to institute a system that would create leaders who would prevent tyranny. But after his educational plan was instituted, it only took a few short years for the government to involve itself in public education.

Jefferson and other leaders like him throughout history were mostly schooled at home. Once they received the foundation skills, they went to quality schools to learn the classics.

Mentors and teachers inspire their students to learn through guidance in their studies. Putting students at the feet of great minds from the classics allows students to learn how to think.

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