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The first American schools in the thirteen original colonies opened i this the 1600's
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Boston Latin School was founded in 1635 , is also the oldest school in the U.S
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Harvard College was founded by the colonial legislature
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textbooks were brought from england and introduced to the public
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Ursuline Academy was the first operating school for women and girls of all races
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Adults became teachers without any particular skill except sometimes in the topic they were teaching
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Boston started the first public high school in the United States
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By the end of 1865, more than 90,000 Freedmen were enrolled as students in public schools
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all states in the U.S had free elementary schools
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thousands of public high schools were opened at this time
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people moved from rural to urban areas (1880-1920)
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The start of the great depression, kids were un able to attend school
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hign schools had been transformed into core elements of the common school system
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In 1918, every state required students to complete elementary school.
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Congress in 1944 passed the conservative program of aid limited to veterans who had served in wartime
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By the 1970s segregated districts had practically vanished in the South
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In 1975 Congress passed Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act
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desegregation of U.S. public schools peaked
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By 1940 (progressive era), 50% of young adults had earned a high school diploma