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The Colonial Period
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Boston Latin Grammar School
Prepared boys for ministry and law -
General Court o Massachusetts Law
Required that children attend school. First attempt to make education compulsory. -
Old Deluder Satan Act
Required every town of 50 families to hire a teacher of reading or writing. Established public responsibility for education. School became desirable at this point. Dame schools (primary) – often in homes – teach reading before age 8. -
Franklin's Academy
Eliminated religion, focused on pracical needs: math, science, navigation -
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Early National Period
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Laboring and the Learned
Thomas Jefferson proposes a two-track educational system, with different tracks for "the laboring and the learned." -
A Grammatical Institute of the English Language
1783 to 1785 Noah Webster writes A Grammatical Institute of the English Language , consisting of three volumes: a spelling book, a grammar book, and a reader. -
Land Ordinance Northwest
Thirty-six sections in a township – Section (block) no. 16 was the center of the township and designated as a site for a school. Few educational interventions were introduced. -
The Young Ladies Academy
The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia and becomes the first academy for girls in America. -
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Common School Movement
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English Classical School
Free secondary school for students not planning to attend college. -
First Public High School
The first public high school, Boston English High School, opens . -
Horace Mann, Massachusetts lawyer and legislator
first Normal School set up to prepare people for careers as teachers. Established the trend of education available to all, NOT just the rich -
First Morrill Act
an act Donating Public Lands to States and Territories to provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. -
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1865-present
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Second Morrill Act
act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges. -
Jim Crow Laws
Seperate but equal, legally segregated schools - Southern schools were already segregated. -
Committee of Ten
Created standards and methods for high schools -
Commision on the Reorganization of Secondary Education
Created Cardinal Principles of Education, including applied goals in health and civic education.