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By 1683 parents were charged a fine if children were not able to read and write. It shows there is a desire for education in the new world.
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Horace Mann and the state of Massachusetts set up the 1st board of education.
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The Morrill Act is passed allowing land-grant colleges to spring up, many are state universities today.
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George Washington Carver became the first black man admitted to Iowa State Agricultural College.
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Segregation becomes illegal.
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Federal Government helps bring equallity to education.
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Be it good or bad, it happened.