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The first school established in the thirteen colonies. School was held in the teacher's house until a school building was able to be built in 1643. Education was mainly focused on the humanities and languages such as Greek and Latin. This is what present day public schools evolved from.
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The first american college was founded by the Massachusetts Courts and is named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. The college went on to have eight of its graduates sign the declaration of independence. -
Noah Webster published A Grammatical Institute of the English Language. Webster believed that a common language was key to unifying the country and creating good citizens. https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2010/marchapril/statement/better-living-through-spelling -
This was the first chartered female academy in the United States. The first female school to officially be recognized by the government. This school was not open for long but it still made great strides towards gender equality. -
In 1852 Massachusetts became the first state to make school attendance mandatory. All children from the ages of eight to fourteen were required to attend school for at least twelve weeks out of the year. https://bglaw.com/the-education-reform-primer-the-origin-of-school-attendance-laws-in-the-united-states/
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This act was put in place to promote the health of american children by providing them with a variety of nutritious foods. All eligible children were able to receive lunch for a for free or reduced prices.
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Linda Brown was denied attendance at the school near her home because she was black. Her case made it all the way to the Supreme Court who found segregation to be unconstitutional and unequal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwxprgouAYU https://research.ebsco.com/c/tvtjlc/viewer/html/i2p2uoa5qf
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This test was created to measure high school level knowledge and abilities so that colleges could confidently accept students from public schools.
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The New York School board had created a prayer to be said at the start of every school. Steven Engel along with other parents fought against the mandatory prayer in their children's school. The Supreme Court found that the prayer violated the first amendment and banned prayer in public schools. -
This act guaranteed the rights of all disabled children to receive a free public education. IDEA outlined standards of how to create an individualized education plan for each disabled student.
https://research.ebsco.com/c/tvtjlc/viewer/html/qqgvpr24vj