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First School
The first American school in the colonies was opened, Boston Latin School. -
Harvard College Founded
Harvard college is founded by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts at New Towne. -
Compulsory Education Law
The law required parents to teach their children how to read. -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
First colony to require towns of at least 50 households to hire a teacher. Towns of 100 families build an elementary school. -
Evening School
Evening school was made in New Amsterdam -
Quakers
Quaker school for black students were established. -
John Leverett
First non-clergy president at Harvard. -
Adam Smith
Creates the notion of the voucher system -
Free Education
Pennsylvania counsel declares that poor families get education for free -
Education for Free
The New York Public School Society is formed by wealthy businessmen to provide education for poor children. In schools one master teaches hundreds of students in a signal room. -
Elizabeth Ann Seton
The first U.S. parochial school is founded near Baltimore
by English-American widow, Elizabeth Ann Seton. -
Boston English High School
Boston’s English High School opens with 102 students. The school is the first tuition-free public high school to teach no language but
English. -
Horace Mann
Massachusetts establishes a board of education, naming former educational reformer, Horace Mann, as the first secretary of the
Board. His annual salary was $1,000 -
Bilingual Edu. Law
Ohio becomes the first state to adopt a bilingual education law,
allowing for German-English instruction at parents’ requests. -
School for mental disabilities
The first school for children with mental disabilities opens in Massachusetts. -
University of Michigan
Women enter the University of Michigan for the first time since its founding at Ann Arbor in 1817. By the end of the 1870s, there will be close to 154 U.S. coeducational colleges, up from 24 in 1833. -
School for Native American
A school for Native-American children opens in Carlisle, PA with 147 students. -
Compulsory Attendance Law
School attendance becomes compulsory in every U.S. state. -
Driving Course
Pennsylvania is the first state to establish a driving course for students, creating one at State College High School. -
Lunch Program
The United States Congress approves the National School
Lunch Act of 1946, creating the modern school lunch program. -
Segregation banned in schools
The U.S. Supreme Court rules schools segregated by race are
unequal and therefore unconstitutional. -
Edu. Organization Act
The U.S. Department of Education is established under the Department of Education Organization Act. -
Education Act of 1986
The Education Act of 1986 is expanded to mandate biological
education about HIV, AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases in public schools. -
Technology Influence
A study reveals that only 31% of new teachers feel very
well prepared to integrate technology into their curriculum.
