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  2. Factory model school - Wikipedia

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    "Factory model schools", "factory model education", or "industrial era schools" are ahistorical [1] [2] terms that emerged in the mid to late-20th century and are used by writers and speakers as a rhetorical device by those advocating changes to education systems.

  3. History of education - Wikipedia

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    Much of this education was conducted in so-called temple schools , derived from earlier Buddhist schools. These schools were no longer religious institutions, nor were they, by 1867, predominantly located in temples. By the end of the Tokugawa period, there were more than 11,000 such schools, attended by 750,000 students.

  4. School bus - Wikipedia

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    Between 2013 and 2022, there were 976 fatal school bus accidents, resulting in 1,082 deaths and approximately 132,000 injuries. [citation needed] On average, five fatalities involve school-age children on a school bus each year; statistically, a school bus is over 70 times safer than riding to school by car. [26]

  5. Car - Wikipedia

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    Electric cars, which were invented early in the history of the car, became commercially available in the 2000s and are predicted to cost less to buy than petrol-driven cars before 2025. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The transition from fossil fuel-powered cars to electric cars features prominently in most climate change mitigation scenarios , [ 14 ] such as ...

  6. Driving simulator - Wikipedia

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    It was a serious educational street driving simulator that used 3D polygon technology and a sit-down arcade cabinet to simulate realistic driving, including basics such as ensuring the car is in neutral or parking position, starting the engine, placing the car into gear, releasing the hand-brake, and then driving.

  7. History of education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Spain had small settlements in Florida, the Southwest, and also controlled Louisiana. There is little evidence that they schooled any girls. Parish schools were administered by Jesuits or Franciscans and were limited to male students. [56] Excerpt from The New England Primer of 1690, the most popular American textbook of the 18th century

  8. History of the automobile - Wikipedia

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    By the 1930s, most of the mechanical technology used in today's automobiles had been invented, although some ideas were later "re-invented" and credited to others. For example, front-wheel drive was re-introduced by André Citroën with the launch of the Traction Avant in 1934.

  9. Cars in the 1920s - Wikipedia

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    The end of World War I saw the rise in the economic power of the United States due to its active trade, growing industry, and support of the Allied nations in the war. Its supplying of agricultural and manufactured goods to the Allied nations greatly boosted its economy, while the economies of Germany, France, and Great Britain suffered from major decreases in export trade activity and from ...