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The Poor Law
Put apprenticeship "on the job" training system into effect. Boys started at ages as young as 9 after finishing a "Dame" school
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First "Free School"
first free school in Virginia opens -
Harvard College
First education institute -
Hartford Public High Schoo
Opens in Hartford, Connecticut. Second oldest secondary school in the United States -
Massachusetts Bay School Law
Requires that parents ensure their children know the principles of religion and the capital laws of the commonwealth -
Massachusetts Law of 1647
Old Deluder Satan Act. Decrees that every town of at least 50 families hire a schoolmaster who would teach the town's children to read and write and that all towns of at least 100 families should have a Latin grammar school master who will prepare students to attend Harvard College. -
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke wrote this essay in 1690 and it has had a great impact on American Education -
Some Thoughts Cncerning Education
John Locke published this describing his views on education upper class boy to be moral, rationally-thinking, and reflective "young gentlemen."
