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Puritans formed the first formal secondary School (Roxbury Latin School) for sons of wealthy social classes
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Massachusetts passed a law stating any child who does not receive proper education would need to be educated with a vocational trade
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Virginia passes law stating children who are apprenticed should receive education
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Old Deluder Satan Act was passed stating a community with 50 or more families must have an elementary school with a school master to teach their children.
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The First Textbook was the New England Primer by Benjamin Harris included: religion, alphabet support, catechisms, and moral lessons.
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Benjamin Franklin opened The Academy in Philadelphia, one of the first secondary schools designed for the teaching and learning of accounting, bookkeeping, and mathematics. Had Latin Master and English Master; Latin master was well respected (earned twice as much money, had half the students) while the English Master was not as respected
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The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain and were now united, free, and independent states.
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Land Ordinance of 1785 stating there must be land set aside in every township to be used for education.
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Constitution of the United States of America was written
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Litchfield Female Academy opened with two students and grew to have 3,000 female students. This school attempted to educate females since all other schools were for males only
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Algebra required for entrance into Harvard
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English Classical School came into existence for a free high school education for students
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Massachusetts had tuition free schools and open to all white children. The purpose was to homogenize students in order to create the most successful, educated students
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This law required a high school be established for every town with 500 or more families.
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With over 1,000,000 Catholic Immigrants in the United States, a Catholic-based education system becomes necessary. Parochial Education Systems become established with the Catholic Faith
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The majority of the church-dominated reading and writing schools had been replaced by an eight-year grade schools with more intense and expanded curriculum.
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Freedmen's Bureau Bill was passed in 1865 and provided aid to former slaves regarding their education, health care, and employment. Over 90,000 former slaves were enrolled as a student in public schools.
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All States provide free education
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Compulsory Attendance Act of 1852 revised: students between the age eight and twelve are required to attend school for at least twenty weeks. Truancy officers were also hired
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Court case which ruled that school districts could establish and support public high schools with tax funds.
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By 1890, there were 2,526 Public High Schools in the USA and 202,063 students enrolled in them.
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Over 22,000,000 people came to the United States during 1890-1930--3,000,000 of which were school-aged children.
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Law provided federal funds for teachers agriculture, trades, industry and home economics.
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Helped to make education available for more people.
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Due to the GI Bill, more military veterans were able to attend college than every before.
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Supreme Court ruled that segregation of students in schools is not constitutional.
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Creation of National Curriculum Standards
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Revised National Expectations on Schools