Topic > The influence of the Enlightenment on education: the power...

More efficient school management, in my opinion, contradicts one of the other ideas of these schools. They are said to be open to all children: “common education was “universal”, that is, open to all children regardless of condition or status” (2014, p.88). Reading this made me feel that this was the time when education became available to everyone, but once I continued reading my thoughts changed. Blacks or students with different or strange religious beliefs were not yet openly accepted. I don't think a reform can be defined as such if it doesn't change one of the biggest problems in education, acceptance. Synonyms for universal are widespread and collective. It is unfair and unjust to only spread as far as they choose to stop. Education today, in slightly less extreme ways, parallels this mentality. Even though all students can go to school, I have observed that not all schools provide universal services, especially for children with special needs. Both in the past and present, those in education neglect to see that what they are doing is not beneficial to children. It's one thing to say you're "universal" or that you're "inclusive," but it's another thing to follow through with it. When you look at the school system