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The first Latin school is founded
tin high schools cater to children of certain social classes who are destined for positions of leadership in the church, state, or court. -
Harvard college
It was the first institution of higher education in the United States. -
printing press in Harvard
The first printing press in the American colonies is installed at Harvard College. -
The Massachusetts Bay Schools Act is passed.
it requires parents to ensure that their children are aware of the principles of religion and the Commonwealth's capital laws. -
The Massachusetts Act of 1647
it requires that every town with at least 50 families employs a school teacher to teach the town's children to read and write and that every town with at least 100 families must have a high school teacher to prepare the students to attend Harvard. University. -
The first New England Handbook is printed in Boston
It becomes the most widely distributed textbook in New England. -
John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education is published
outlining his views on educating upper-class boys to become moral, rational, and thoughtful 'young gentlemen'. -
The College of William and Mary in Virginia is founded
It is the second college to open in colonial America -
The first publicly funded library in the United States is founded
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The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is founded
A Catholic school for girls sponsored by the Sisters of the Order of Saint Ursula is the oldest school in continuous operation. -
The first official Jewish school
It opens at Sherith Israel (a Spanish and Portuguese synagogue) in New York City. -
Benjamin Franklin helps found the first English Academy in Philadelphia
It later becomes the University of Pennsylvania. -
Thomas Jefferson writes Bill 79
It's a Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, which contains a comprehensive plan for public education. -
he University of Georgia becomes the first state-recognized university in the United States.
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Boston English High School
its one of the first public high schools in the United States that opens. -
The state of Massachusetts enacts a law
it's a law that requires cities with more than 500 families to have one school open to all students. -
Eighty female students arrive at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
its the first women's college in the United States. -
The African Institute
it opens in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, and is the oldest university for African Americans. -
The Civil Rights Act is passed
outlawing racial segregation in all public places. The Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional (although sadly that didn't work out too well) -
The Committee of Ten is formed
The Committee of Ten formed by the National Education Association to establish a standard high school curriculum