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The first schools were made based on the amount of people in a town. For towns of fifty, there were elementary schools, and in towns of one hundred, there were schools that taught Latin so children could learn to read the Bible. The reason for the Latin schools was that Puritans were the ones who founded the country at the time.
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The first state-charted university was founded and this university was the University of Georgia.
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Massachusetts passed a law that made all grades of public schools free to citizens. https://www.raceforward.org/reports/education/historical-timeline-public-education-us -
Noah Webster (yes that Webster) created the first American dictionary, "American Dictionary of the English Language."
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Horace Mann helped to establish the first board of education in Massachusetts. He later became the first secretary of that board of education. https://study.com/learn/lesson/history-education-america.html#:~:text=Education%20became%20an%20important%20focus,children%20to%20read%20and%20write. -
The government made California public schools allow Chinese Immigrants children to go to public schools. https://raceforward.org/reports/education/historical-timeline-public-education-us -
All states are to fund transport to public schools for children due to some living far away.
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Oliver Brown filed a lawsuit against the education system of Topeka, Kansas. In this case, Oliver claimed that the children were not equal when segregated as per the 14th Amendment and that African Americans should be allowed in schools of white children. The court agreed and then slowly but surely segregated schools were no longer segregated. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka -
President George W. Bush passed the No Child Left Behind Act, which made schools have standard tests and they had to meet requirements. If the schools failed to meet these requirements they were penalized. https://nwef.org/2021/07/10/americas-education-timeline/ -
The Every Student Succeeds Act measures of assessment of student achievement. Originally the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Obama reauthorized it so it would be back in the system. https://nwef.org/2021/07/10/americas-education-timeline/