The current American Education system was created during the Industrial Revolution. When the assembly line required workers to repetitively complete a said job on the assembly line. That in mind schools provided, as they do now, the industries with workers. If you were to go through American education, as I have, you would notice it is a routine. The system is more outdated than the Industrial Revolution. If you were to read the external link I post in the comments, you will find that Napoleon created a system very similar to the current system in America.