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First known public school. Focused mainly on Greek and Latin studies.
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Known as "English High School" and was established for boys as an alternative to private school.
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Boston opened a high school for girls, but it closed after two years, however this is one of the first times women were included in education. See Evolution of Women's Education in the US for more information.
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Massachusetts passed a law that required towns to provide a free public high schools.
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Opponents of public school saw it as a tax burden but in 1872 Michigan ruled that tax should support public high schools, which eventually became a common practice throughout the US.
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The Committee of Ten was created by the National Education Association (NEA) to standardize secondary curriculum.
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Conflict in EducationThe Supreme court ruled separate but equal in the school system.
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Today's College Board Sole purpose was to provide uniform examinations for college admission.
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Prior to the Civil War, only 300 high schools existed, by 1900 there were more than 6,000 high schools annuallyu graduating 6% of American 17 year olds.
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In order to "ease" students into the "high school world" and way of teaching, junior high schools were established first in California and Ohio. By 1960's more than 7,000 junior high schools were running.
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In Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down the Plessy v. Ferguson separate but equal ruling, arguing that the separation of children in public schools by race violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas allowed nine black students to attend their school.
