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Boston Latin School is the first public school in the U.S. -
Havard college opens, the first higher educational school opens in MA
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Hartford Public high school opens up in Hartford Connecticut. This is known as the second oldest secondary school in America. -
It mandates parents must ensure that their children are aware of religious values as well as the commonwealth's capital laws. -
The Old Deluder Satan Act, often known as the Old Deluder Satan Act, is passed. It mandates that every town with at least 50 families employ a "schoolmaster" to teach the town's children to read and write, as well as that every town with at least 100 families hires a Latin grammar schoolmaster to prepare students for Harvard College. The only college in the country at the time.
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"Some Thoughts Concerning Education", written by John Locke, is published, explaining his thoughts on training upper-class boys to be moral, logical, and contemplative "young gentlemen." On Working Schools, published in 1697, transmitted his beliefs about educating the masses, with a focus on the significance of creating a work ethic.
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In Virginia, the College of William and Mary is founded. It was the second college to open in colonial America, Thomas Jefferson also went there for school.
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In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin helps to found the first "English Academy," which offers a classical and modern curriculum that includes history, geography, navigation, surveying, and modern and classical languages. The academies eventually merge to form the University of Pennsylvania. -
Noah Webster develops A Grammatical Institute of the English Language, which consists of three volumes: a spelling book, a grammar book, and a reader, in response to his unhappiness with English textbooks of the time. They became extremely popular in the United States. The spelling book, which was later renamed the American Spelling Book and is also known as the Blue-Backed Speller, has never been out of publication!
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In Philadelphia, the Young Ladies Academy opens, becoming the first academy for ladies in the original 13 colonies/states. -
The African Institute (later called the Institute for Colored Youth) opens in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Now called Cheyney University, it is the oldest institution of higher learning for African Americans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEoeAR15gE0
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Margarethe Schurz establishes the first kindergarten in the United States in Watertown, Wisconsin. In Boston, Massachusetts, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody starts the first "official" kindergarten four years later.
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Joliet Junior College opens in Joliet, Illinois in 1901. It is the country's first public community college.
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All states have laws providing funds for transporting children to school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYMk3Bk08NA
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The National School Meal Act is passed by the 79th Congress, which recognizes "the necessity for a stable statutory framework for a school lunch program." -
The first ACT test is admisistered. -
In response to illegal immigration, California voters enacted Proposition 187, which denies unauthorized aliens in the state advantages such as public schooling. The ACLU and other groups dispute it, and it is finally overturned.
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On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signs the contentious No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) into law after it is adopted by Congress. The law, which supersedes the Bilingual Education Act of 1968 and reauthorizes the ESEA of 1965, requires high-stakes student testing, makes schools accountable for student achievement levels, and imposes penalties on schools that do not make acceptable yearly progress toward NCLB's goals. -
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana signs legislation withdrawing the state from the Core Standards. Indiana is the first state to do this. Aspects of the Common Core, on the other hand, could still be included in Indiana's "new" standards.
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More than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles go on strike over class size, pay, and lack of support staff. -
COVID-19 cases surge due to the Delta Variant, particularly in areas with low vaccination rates. Complicating matters, several states have banned schools from requiring students and faculty to wear masks.
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