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Boston Latin Grammar School
The Boston Latin Grammar School was created offering free education to males. It is known as the first public school in America and the oldest existing school in the U.S. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony makes it to where any town that has fifty to hundred families should have an elementary school. The Towns with more than one hundred families would have Latin schools. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson proposes his two-track educational system. Under this the privileged of the community would learn other things then the working labor class was learning. Some Labor class citizens could be able to rank up to be able to be in the privileged group. -
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania state constitution calls for free public education for the poor and says that the rich will be expected to pay to have their children attend a school. -
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1800's
Very important century for education. There was a very large focus on expanding the role of public schools in day to day lives of children. More schools were being made and laws and acts being created to have more possibilities for people to learn how to read and write. -
Public High School
First public high school opened in America opened in Boston. Named the English High School. -
Massachusetts School Expanding
Law passed in Massachusetts making all grades of schooling open and free to everyone. Along with requiring it for children to attend. -
High School Curriculum
The high school curriculum is established to be used and expected to be incorporated into all high schools. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson leads to supporting schools racially separated but are equal in quality. -
SAT
The SAT also known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test, administered to students for the first time to high school juniors and seniors. -
Desegregation of Schools
Connected to the 14th amendment, Segregated schools deemed to be unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. Leading to the desegregation of all schools. -
Department of Education
A cabinet-level Department of Education is established by the 39th President, Jimmy Carter. -
No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind Act is passed and incorporated into schools. -
Higher Education Act Reauthorized
Higher Education Act from 1965 becomes reauthorized. Helps students from middle or low income background be able to attend higher education institutes. -
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act was passed. The goal of this act was to help teachers stay as teachers and to help improve the schools.