History of Education in he United States By addi04 1635 First Latin Grammar School 1636 Harvard College 1642 Massachusetts Bay Law School 1647 Old Deluder Satan Law 1693 Some Thoughts Concerning Education, by John Locke 1693 College of William and Mary 1698 Charles Town, South Carolina Public Library 1751 Academy of Philadelphia established by Benjamin Franklin 1787 Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia 1821 Troy Female Seminary 1837 Horace Mann appointed Secretary, Massachusetts State Board of Education 1857 National Teachers Association founded 1954 Brown v. Board of Education 1983 A Nation at Risk 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)