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-state and local governments directly taxed citizens to support public schools
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state and local governments started to directly tax citizens to support public schools
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-educators organized schools by grade level, and attempted to increase the attendance of the urban poor and free slaves.
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-states improved teacher preparation
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state and local governments directly taxed citizens to support public schools
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The state of Massachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all students.
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Horace Mann becomes becomes secretary to the massachusetts education board
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the first “normal school” ran by state funds is open (lexington mass)
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Mann creates the first compulsory school attendance law
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Pennsylvania begins funding the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, a private school for children with intellectual disabilities.
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The first kindergarten in the U.S. is started in Watertown, Wisconsin, founded by Margarethe Schurz.
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Parents began viewing education as a way of improving their children's life
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50% of american children were enrolled in public schools
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