Have you ever wondered how America's educational system--philosophy, methodology, its very foundation, came to be? As America is a fairly new nation compared to civilizations of the Eastern world, the country borrowed and took from many of the ideas of ancient Greek educators and philosophers, as well as great thinkers of the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment. America is not only a "melting pot" of people and cultures. It is filled with a myriad of viewpoints and ideologies that have helped shape the overall foundation of the American educational system. One of the greatest things about American education is that vestiges of several of the theories and practices introduced in ancient times and centuries ago can still be seen and are still practiced in today's modern classrooms. This website offers a comprehensive view of how it all began--what shaped the roots of the American educational system.