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First school in America opens
Boston Latin, located in Boston MA, was the first school in America to open its doors. This school was opened strictly for college preparation, and most students were 7-12th grade. -
The first female academy opens in the US
This was the first chartered female academy in the United states. This particular school was located on Cherry street in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This was a big step for women's education seeing as this school was the first to be recognized by the state government. -
Common School movement
This movement was an idea to fund schools by public dollar. Horace Mann created this idea so all students had a way to access education that was free and advanced. However with this, he wanted to intertwine religious values and beliefs into education to “inform” every citizen that was apart of this program -
First SAT given
In december of 1926, the first SAT was given. Around 8,040 people took this test and out of the 8,040, 60% of them were male. For this test, the test takers were given a practice book a week prior to the test. This is drastically different from today seeing as student are prepped months before the SAT and ACT exam. -
Brown v. Board of education
Brown v board of edu was a court case that ultimantly delcared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This court case helped immensely during the civil rights movement when trying to prove that separate but equal is not true. -
Elementary and secondary education act
This act was put in place to prioritize education in america. By doing so, this helped the numbers for poverty and it provided accessible and affordable education for all citizens who needed it. There were two titles of this act. Title 1 helped with school districts with high rates of poverty to low income families. Title 2 helped with more fortunate schools. -
Title 9 passed
This bill that was passed in 1972, helped with discrimination in schooling. It states ““No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” This helped so many individuals in the US that wanted education without bias. -
Affordable education act
This act helped colleges across the United States financially. Most colleges needed financial help to provide a quality living, and educational environment for their students. This also started a movement for financial help to students across the US who were seeking post secondary education but could not afford it. -
No child left behind act
This act was made to improve the credibility of all elementary and post secondary schools. This was an effort to improve the education for students so things like test scores and dropout rates would improve and the youth of America would flourish more. -
Pandemic halts education
A worldwide pandemic broke out forcing all students to learn online. Schools were struggling learning how to teach not in person. This impacted students severely. Mental health took a drastic decline in young students. Education was at a standstill and many educators left the field shortly after the pandemic.