History of Education; Victoria Schwab

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  • The first Colonial College, Harvard

    The first Colonial College, Harvard

  • The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that every town of fifty families should have an elementary school.

    The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decrees that every town of fifty families should have an elementary school.

  • The "Northwest Territory"

    The law created "townships," reserving a portion of each township for a local school. From these "land grants" eventually came the U.S. system of "land grant universities," the state public universities that exist today.
  • Education only for poor people.

    Education only for poor people.

    Pennsylvania state constitution calls for free public education but only for poor children. It is expected that rich people will pay for their children's schooling.

  • State Control of Education

    When the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution is passed, the individual states gain the right to control education.
  • First public high school in the U.S.

    First public high school in the U.S.

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    Compulsory Education

    Massachusetts passed a law making education mandatory. This spread throughout the country, and the final state adopt it was Mississippi.

  • The U.S. Supreme Court requires California to extend public education to the children of Chinese immigrants.

  • SAT

    The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was first administered.

  • ACT

    Everett Franklin Lindquist administered the first ACT test as as direct competition to the SAT.