>During the 19th century Industrial Revolution, reformers explicitly modeled public schools after factories to habituate youth to regimented workplace environments.
>Cell-like classrooms with regimented rows of desks
>Rigid schedules and rules to control movement
>Obedience to authority figures
>Conformity and standardization
>In the 20th century, disciplinary issues led architects to also incorporate prison elements
>Enclosing perimeter fences up to 10 feet high
>Locked or monitored gates limiting entrance/exit
>Surveillance cameras blanketing hallways and grounds
>Metal detectors
>Mesh covered windows preventing exit attempts
>Sparse and durable interior materials resistant to damage
>Currently over 17% of schools possess 10 or more of these. Their prevalence continues rising yearly.
The article goes on but this should hopefully be illustrative of my point.
https://www.historytools.org/school/why-do-schools-look-like...
>During the 19th century Industrial Revolution, reformers explicitly modeled public schools after factories to habituate youth to regimented workplace environments.
>Cell-like classrooms with regimented rows of desks
>Rigid schedules and rules to control movement
>Obedience to authority figures
>Conformity and standardization
>In the 20th century, disciplinary issues led architects to also incorporate prison elements
>Enclosing perimeter fences up to 10 feet high
>Locked or monitored gates limiting entrance/exit
>Surveillance cameras blanketing hallways and grounds
>Metal detectors
>Mesh covered windows preventing exit attempts
>Sparse and durable interior materials resistant to damage
>Currently over 17% of schools possess 10 or more of these. Their prevalence continues rising yearly.
The article goes on but this should hopefully be illustrative of my point.