According to the text, the public school system was in need of changes due to _______________. A) parents requirement B) the invention of the nineteenth century C) the demands of the nineteenth century D) experts concern about the twentieth century

D) experts concern about the twentieth century

According to the text, the public school system was in need of changes due to ________

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1 For generations in the United States, a nineteenth century

invention known as the public school system was seen as

the best way to give students the knowledge and skills to

become nice citizens. Around the 1960s, experts began

5 questioning the system, citing the need for new types of

schools to meet the changing demands of the twentieth

century. These reformers eventually won for parents a much

broader range of educational choices – including religious,

alternative, and charter schools and home schooling – but they

10 also sparked a debate on teaching and learning that still

divides experts to this day.

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According to the text, the public school system was in need of changes due to _______________.