1800 history of education

First public high school opens in Boston

Mar 10, 1821

one of the first public high schools in America, founded in 1821. Originally called The English Classical School, it was renamed The English High School upon its first relocation in 1824.[2] The current building is located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston.

Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary opens, first endowed secondary school for girls

Mar 10, 1821

independent university-preparatory day and boarding school for young women, located in Troy, New York, offering grades 9–12 and postgraduate coursework. The first women's higher education institution in the United States, it was founded by women's rights advocate Emma Willard in 1821

First (private) normal school opens in Vermont (Rev. Samuel Hall)

Mar 10, 1823

first school in the United States for the instruction of teachers, and he ran the institution, located in Concord, Vermont, until 1830.

Massachusetts requires public high schools

Mar 10, 1827

in 1827 the state of Massachusetts started requiring public schooling for the students

Horace Mann becomes secretary of board of education in Massachusetts

Mar 10, 1837

an American educational reformer and Whig politician dedicated to promoting the speedy modernization of U.S. society; he served in the Massachusetts State legislature (1827–37). In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives

First public normal school in Lexington, Massachusetts (Horace Mann)

Mar 10, 1839

first state funded school specifically established for public teacher education, what were then referred to as "normal" schools.

First kindergarten (German language) in United States

Mar 10, 1855

The kindergarten was founded in America by Margarethe Meyer Schurz, wife of the famous German-American statesman Carl Schurz. Mrs. Schurz was a native of Hamburg, Germany, and as a young woman learned the principles of the kindergarten from its creator, Friedrich Froebel [cross references. In the 1850s she came to London, where her sister had founded the first kindergarten there.

Morrill Land Grant College Act

Mar 10, 1862

United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds of federal land sales. The Morrill Act of 1862 was enacted during the American Civil War and the Morrill Act of 1890 (the Agricultural College Act of 1890, expanded this model.

Kalamazoo case (legalizes taxes for high schools

Mar 10, 1874

lawsuit was filed in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to collect public funds for the support of a village high school. The town had used taxes to support the school for thirteen years without complaints from the citizens. The defendants in the case, the school officials, felt that a select few out of thousands need not dispute their obligation to pay taxes for the purpose of supporting a high school.

Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision supporting racially separate but equal schools

Mar 10, 1896

Plessy v. Ferguson, was a landmark law case in the us court. It helped state racial segregation laws for public facilities under of "separate but equal" rights.