17th Century's Education in America

By mahaliwilliams

  • First Public school

    First public school in the American colonies opens called the Boston Latin School

  • Harvard

    Harvard College begins

  • Compulsory Education Law

    Massachusetts Bay Colony passes the Complusory Educations Law

  • Population to teacher ratio

    Towns have to hire a teacher when they hit 50 families and once they hit 100 families they have to build a school house

  • Evening School

    Evening school invented for working children in New Amsterdam (present day New York)

  • John Locke part 1

    Publishes his "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" which greatly influenced the way birth is seen and this influences the education system

  • John Locke part 2

    Publishes his "Some Thoughts Concerning Education". It confronts the idea of educating upper class boys into teaching the morals and to develop a good work ethic

  • Library

    The first publicly supported library in the U.S. is established