History of Education By jareds123 Apr 23, 1635 First Public Secondary School Opens First Public School in America Sep 8, 1636 Founding of Harvard 1639 First Public Elementary School Opens Mather Elementary Opens 1870 All States Had Free Elementary Schools Horace Mann Helped Bring State Sponsored Education 1905 Measurement Movement Introduction of Intelligence Measurement May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Jun 23, 1972 Title IX Enacted 1983 Standards Movement Standards Movement in American Education 1998 Google Inc. is Born 2002 No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind Overview