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Prepared boys for ministry and law
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Required that children attend school. First attempt to make education compulsory.
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Required every town of 50 families to hire a teacher of reading or writing. Established public responsibility for education. School became desirable at this point. Dame schools (primary) – often in homes – teach reading before age 8.
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Eliminated religion, focused on pracical needs: math, science, navigation
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Thomas Jefferson proposes a two-track educational system, with different tracks for "the laboring and the learned."
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1783 to 1785 Noah Webster writes A Grammatical Institute of the English Language , consisting of three volumes: a spelling book, a grammar book, and a reader.
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Thirty-six sections in a township – Section (block) no. 16 was the center of the township and designated as a site for a school. Few educational interventions were introduced.
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The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia and becomes the first academy for girls in America.
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Free secondary school for students not planning to attend college.
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The first public high school, Boston English High School, opens .
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first Normal School set up to prepare people for careers as teachers. Established the trend of education available to all, NOT just the rich
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an act Donating Public Lands to States and Territories to provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
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act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges.
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Seperate but equal, legally segregated schools - Southern schools were already segregated.
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Created standards and methods for high schools
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Created Cardinal Principles of Education, including applied goals in health and civic education.