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 * //__Prussian Elementary School__//**

In 1717, Prussia led the way for developments in education. They reinforced it because of the old Protestant idea that every believer of Christ should have the ability to study and read the bible and liked the idea of a country effectively serving the state with education. Prussia’s enforcement on mandatory attendance for elementary schools eventually influenced Protestant German schools. Even before Prussia, other countries used religion as their basis for schools. In Presbyterian Scotland, they thought that the path of salvation was within the scriptures, so Scotland set up parish schools to teach the rich and poor the way in order to obtain salvation. Results from these educational changes were optimistic, because literacy rates grew for both men and women. Prussia and the German states were successful in promoting education enthusiastically throughout Europe in the eighteenth century. McKay, John P, et al. __A History of Western Societies__. Boston, Massachusetts. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. “The Road to China.” Online. Internet. Google.