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Chursh, state, and schools were interrelated. http://www.thomaspainecottage.org/index.html
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It provided a precollege education for the new country's future leaders.
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Boys enrolled at the age of 7 or 8 and began to learn about the emphasizes of Latin, Greek, theology, and philosophy in order to prepare to study law or religion at schools like Harvard and Yale.
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Required a reading and writing teacher for towns of 50 of more families and t required a Latin teacher for towns of 100 or more families.
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Started by Elias Neau in New York. Taught Africans and Native Americans how to read as part of the church's efforts to convert students.
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A private secondary school that was designed and promoted by Benjamin Franklin. It replaced old Latin grammer schools and focused on the English language.
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Gave federal land to the states for educational purposes.
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Troy Seminary was founded by Emma Willard who was an eucator and a poet.
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It was the first state-supported high school in the United States. Marked the begining of a long struggle for state-supported common schools.
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Opened in Lexington, Massachusetts and thecurriculum consisted of general knowledge courses.
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Sponsored by Congressman Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, provided ederal land for states either to sell or rent to raise money to establish colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts.
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Stated that high schools are for college bound and the curriculum should emphasize mental disciplines in humanities, language, and science.
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Signed by president Roosevelt, it granted millions of dollars to veterans to pay for tuition, room and board at college universities.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the "seperate but equal" doctrine thathad been used since 1850.
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It put a spark on the learning of science, mathematics, and modern foreign languages. Also new math and science came about with it.
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Stated that "no person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denieded the benefitsof, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
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