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"Ye Olde Deluder Satan" Law
The "Ye Olde Deluder Satan" Law was implemented in Massachusetts and required that every town with more than 50 households was to pay for a teacher to educate kids to read and write. Towns with 100 households had to start a grammar school to prepare students for university. This legislation was the first to mandate schooling for all citizens in a municipality. While initially not adopted farther away than neighboring colonies, it has had many lasting impacts on American education. -
Separation of Church and State
With the writing of the American Constitution, the new United States government mandated that church( or other religious entities) must stay separate from the state. So when the government got involved in schooling, the schools had constitution reasons to be secular. -
Public High School
Originating in Boston in the early nineteenth century, public high school offer a free alternative to the Latin Grammar School which was dominate at the time. While the format of the school was largely the same. The fact that it was cheaper or even free was what made it an important date, -
Brown v Board of Education
In a landmark 1954 decision, the supreme court famously ruled that separate, but equal is inherently unequal. Setting a precedent that would slowly erode the educational system of the south. -
First Charter School
Charter schools offer alternative curriculum to public high schools. They are held to a charter that is negotiated with the government. The freedom of charter schools is allowed as long as they meet educational standards of their state. These schools grant teachers of different educational ideals the ability to teach with less restrictions.
