Ben Franklin And Thomas Jefferson Never Went To Public School
Most of our Founding Fathers, including Ben Franklin, Sam Adams,
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, like
most average colonial Americans, spent few years, if any, in
formal grammar schools of the day, yet they knew how to read and
write well.
Most voluntary local grammar schools expected parents to teach
their children to read and write before they started school.
Most colonial parents apparently had no trouble teaching their
children these skills.
At least ten of our presidents were home-schooled. James
Madison