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First Public School Opens
The first public school was opened in Boston, Massachusetts. It was known as the Boson Latin School. It was a boys-only public secondary school that was solely for college preparation. It was meant to embody the free grammar school of Boston, England. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/apr23/first-public-school-america/ -
Massachusetts law of 1647
This law required that if a town had over 50 families they had to hire a headmaster so the children had someone responsible for teaching them to read and write. If towns had more then 100. families his law required them to hav e a latin grammar school to prepare thee students to possibly attend Harvard college https://www.sutori.com/item/1647-a-d-massachusetts-school-law-of-1642-the-general-court-of-massachusetts -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of Education case was an unanimous supreme. court case. It resulted in the ruling that racial segregation in public. schooling was unconstitutional. it was a. key move in. the civil. rights. movement and it stated. that seperate but equal was in. fact not equal at all. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/apr23/first-public-school-america/ -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
The. original goal of this law was to improve the equity of education. for students who come from lower incomes. hey did this by providing. more federal funding to the school distracts who serve the lower income students. while this law remains today it has reworked and changed many times since 1965. https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/05/08/elementary-and-secondary-education-act-40-years-later -
Plessy v Ferguson
In 1896 the supreme court ruled that racially segregating in schools was constitutionally okay as long as the racially segregated schools were equal. This ruling made it legal to separate school aged kids on their race. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson
