The first model for compulsory mass education was the Prussian army. The success of the Prussian army led to the adoption of its methods in education. Prussia became a mecca for school promoters like Edgerton Ryerson from Canada and Horace Mann for the U.S. The traces of this militaristic origin are still visible in the vocabulary of education. Common words like promotion, drill, strategy all reveal it, as do learning targets, batteries of tests and various sorts of campaigns. None of this was present before the 19th century.

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