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1600s to 1700s
in the south kids were homeschooled and there were no public schools. -
1620
maryland university in the south was created for catholic students -
1635
the first public school started in the 13 colonies. -
1636
Harvard University was established -
Period: to
1640 to 1830
not many schools were opened during this time because they did not see education as an importance. -
1701
Yale College was established -
1749
Columbia University was established by Benjermin Franklin. -
1800s
common one room school rooms -
1800s
most educated teachers did not want to educate the younger kids -
1840
3.68 million kids were in a 55% attendance rating at school in america. -
1848
many German Catholics moved to America and this made them set up German speaking schools. -
1865
90,000 black students were enroled in schools for blacks. -
1890s
catholics had their own elementary schools and nuns were their teachers. -
1900
31 states had schools for kids from age 8 to 14 -
1930s
people started wanting their kids to reach their full potential so they started more schools and movements to open more schools. -
1960s
we had segregated schools -
1970s
segregation in schools was eliminated -
1981
every state required kids to finish elementary school. -
2001
no child left behind was established. -
2012
45 schools no longer required cursive writing.