Before the 1920s, what we now consider primary and secondary education ended at the 8th grade, then you either went to work or on to higher education.
Is it just me, or does it seem that the four additional years that have been added to our schooling, and the expansion of pre-primary kindergarten and now pre-kindergarten, combined with the Common Core curricula has actually diminished the intellectual level of those graduating, and all it has done is increase the number of "teachers" who are unionized and by a great margin contribute to Democrat candidates.
https://freebeacon.com/issues/democrats-ready-universal-pre-k-pitch-ahead-of-2020/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=0013b4493b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_17_11_09_COPY_144&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-0013b4493b-46284229