chapter 7, 20 items relating to the History of Education in America

By mc118

  • The first Latin school is founded

    tin high schools cater to children of certain social classes who are destined for positions of leadership in the church, state, or court.

  • Harvard college

    It was the first institution of higher education in the United States.

  • printing press in Harvard

    The first printing press in the American colonies is installed at Harvard College.

  • The Massachusetts Bay Schools Act is passed.

    it requires parents to ensure that their children are aware of the principles of religion and the Commonwealth's capital laws.

  • The Massachusetts Act of 1647

    it requires that every town with at least 50 families employs a school teacher to teach the town's children to read and write and that every town with at least 100 families must have a high school teacher to prepare the students to attend Harvard. University.

  • The first New England Handbook is printed in Boston

    It becomes the most widely distributed textbook in New England.

  • John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education is published

    outlining his views on educating upper-class boys to become moral, rational, and thoughtful 'young gentlemen'.

  • The College of William and Mary in Virginia is founded

    It is the second college to open in colonial America

  • The first publicly funded library in the United States is founded

  • The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is founded

    A Catholic school for girls sponsored by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula is the oldest school in continuous operation.

  • The first official Jewish school

    It opens at Sherith Israel (a Spanish and Portuguese synagogue) in New York City.

  • Benjamin Franklin helps found the first English Academy in Philadelphia

    It later becomes the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Thomas Jefferson writes Bill 79

    It's a Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, which contains a comprehensive plan for public education.

  • he University of Georgia becomes the first state-recognized university in the United States.

  • Boston English High School

    its one of the first public high schools in the United States that opens.

  • The state of Massachusetts enacts a law

    it's a law that requires cities with more than 500 families to have one school open to all students.

  • Eighty female students arrive at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary

    its the first women's college in the United States.

  • The African Institute

    it opens in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, and is the oldest university for African Americans.

  • The Civil Rights Act is passed

    outlawing racial segregation in all public places. The Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional (although sadly that didn't work out too well)

  • The Committee of Ten is formed

    The Committee of Ten formed by the National Education Association to establish a standard high school curriculum