Education system By Jasminer1 1635 First Latin grammar school is established 1636 Harvard college, the first higher education institution 1779 Thomas Jefferson proposes 2 track educational system, "the laboring and the learned" 1821 1st public high school opens. Boston English high school 1837 Kentucky appoints 1st school supper intendent. 1901 1st community college opens in Illinois. 1917 Smith Hughes act, provides funding for agricultural and vocational education. 1919 All states have laws providing funding for transportation. 1963 John f. Kennedy is assasinated all schools close. 2001 No child left behind act is passed by George w. Bush.