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The roots of American educational system are established
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Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, established in 1636 in Cambridge, MA.
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First Latin Grammar school established in Boston, MA called Boston Latin School which prepared boys for ministry and law
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This law stated that the masses had to educated to understand codes that colonies lived under
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This law requires families hire a schoolmaster to teach children to read and write to prepare them to attend Harvard College
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The academy opend for the secondary schooling of boys and Eliminated religion and focused on math, science and navigation
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The Constitution removes formal religion from the schools and establishes states responsibility in education.
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Free public schooling become accessible to most students.
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Focused on the needs of boys that did not attend college and prepared them for business, mechanics and engineering.
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Horace Mann, Secretary of Mass. Board of Education, was an advocate for public education and under his leadership build 50 schools, increased teacher salaries and passed school attendance law.
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United States government begins building boarding schools run by Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Created standards for high schools
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Indianola Junior High was the first junior high int he United States.
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Created the Cardinal Principles of Education that included goals in health and civic education
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Schools become instruments of purpose and social change
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Landmark case in which the US Supreme court declared separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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Initiative inacted in 1958 to increase technology awareness and improvement of American science curricula.
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Federal government launched act in which several programs were created for the disadvantaged such as Title I
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United States federal legislate that recognized Limited English Speaking Ability students
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IDEA is a piece of US legislation that ensure students with disabilities are provided a free education tailored to their needs.
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A federal department of the US government created to regulate education
