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In 1928 in Boston the first public high school was opened as an alterntative to the private acadamies. It became known as English High School and had a three year english cirriculum.
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The state of Massachusetts passes a law that requires all towns to provide free, public secondary education.
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After the HighSchool for Girls opened in 1826 and then closed in 1828 this was the first time young women had the chance to go to a public school.
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The National Education Association is found with 43 members with the intent to help all students have the right to public schools.
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The Supreme Court ruled that it was legal for tax money to be used to support public education.
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The Committee of Ten was created by the NAE to help define what a good secondary education was. They helped determine the cirriculum that was needed in the secondary schools so there was some type of uniform learning.
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The College Entrance Examination Board was founded to help provide a unified and equal testing for college admissiontests.
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The Supreme Court decided that it was legal that schools and their board did not have to provide secondary education to African Americans.