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This era of education is marked by the slow move from education being solely in the home to being a publically-funded institution (Brief History of Education).
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Boston English Highschool opens in Boston Massachusetts. First government-owned/ operated public school (Sass,2020) (Brief History of Education)
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Beecher advocated for equal access to education for Women (Michals, 2015)
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Any town in Massachusetts with over 500 families was required to provide public education (Sass, 2020).
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The McGuffey Readers contained interesting stories that taught religious, moral, and ethical principles that were popular at the time. These were used to teach reading. One of the first textbooks in America that got more challenging as the volumes went on (What are the Mcguffey Readers?).
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Horace Mann often referred to as the "Father of the Public School", fought to educate poor and wealthy students in his common schools (Sass, 2020).
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Normal Schools were state-funded schools specifically for educating teachers (Sass,2020).
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Massachusetts was the first state to require children to attend school (Sass,2020).
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Now the National Education Association, it was founded by 43 teachers in Philadelphia (Sass, 2020) (Brief History of Education).
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It was created by the federal government to help states start effective school systems (Sass, 2020).
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This was the first Normal school for African Americans. The school was started on an abandoned plantation (Sass, 2020) ("Tuskegee Institute", 2005).
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This was founded to raise standards and bring U.S. University to the same level as those in Europe (Sass, 2020)
