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First Latin Grammar School established in Boston. This began the importance of education in our country.
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The English High School began in 1821 in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston with an enrollment of 101 boys. It was the first public high school in America.
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Education in the U.S. received major boost: The Department of Education was established. This is very important because the Department's mission is to serve America's students- to promote student achievement.
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Public schools were present in every state with secondary public schools, outnumbering private schools.
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This depression hurt formal education. Multiple schools closed because they lacked the money funds to staff teachers and supplies.
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In the 1920's the education system bounced back. Children were transitioned from factories to public schools, the Association of American Universities was created.
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Segregation went to the Supreme Court - Brown vs Board of Education. This was very important in the history of education because the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in schools are unconstitutional.
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Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed. It's a program created by the U.S. Department of Education to distribute funding to schools and school districts with a high percentage of students from low-income families.
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The No Child Left Behind Act authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. The law is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school.
