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The tradition of free, universal, public & common secondary education in the US began officially in 1872 when the courts allowed secondary schools to be tax supported. Introduced in the colonial Latin Grammar schools in the 17th century, US secondary education expanded into the more practical academies in the 18th & 19th centuries & matured in the comprehensive high schools of the 19th & 20th centuries. Following a survey in 1892, the leadership of the National Education Association, a new professional coalition in the US, determined to promote more uniformity in the curriculums of the schools. The NEA plan involved having subject-area conferences make curriculum recommendations to be reported subsequently by the central Committee of 10. The report concluded that history should be taught in the same way to students preparing for Coll & to students heading directly into the labor market. Today, social studies in the secondary schools & the social sciences & history in Coll's & U's in the US maintain a fragile friendship. Some observers at both levels maintain that a student's success in the fields in Coll can be predicted best from his success in basic courses in the fields in high school. However, others believe that the high school versions are such gross misrepresentations of the disciplines that a student should avoid them if a Coll career in the fields is intended. Otherwise, he has too much misinformation to unlearn in Coll. Another position suggests the best preparation for Coll work in history & the social sciences is a social studies program in high school that fits the needs, enhances the interests, & engages the intellect of the adolescent as he is. Modified AA.