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Massachusetts Bay School Law
The Massachusetts Bay School Law is passed. It requires that parents ensure their children know the principles of religion and the capital laws of commonwealth. -
New World, New Life
Early English settlers come to the New World to start a new life. During this time schools weren't really a thing until 1635 when the first "free school" opened in Virginia. It wasn't really a school, parents or tutors would teach their children at home. -
Harvard
During all the early settling into the new land, the English discover and make public Harvard College, the first higher education institution in the what is now the U.S, was established in Newtowne (now Cambridge, Massachusetts) -
Public Schools
Jumping ahead a few years, English settlers start becoming more and more educated and want every child to experience a public education. Hartford Public School opens up in Hartford Connecticut. It is still standing today and knowns as the second oldest secondary school in the U.S. -
Old Deluder Satan Act
The Massachusetts Law of 1647, also known as the Old Deluder Satan Act, is passed. It decrees that every town of at least 50 families hire a schoolmaster who would teach the town's children to read and write and that all towns of at least 100 families should have a Latin grammar school master who will prepare students to attend Harvard College. -
America's First Chartered University
Jumping ahead many, many years later after the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War happened, the English Settlers have so much more of a grip on education. Public Schools and Universities are becoming more and more popular, The University of Georgia becomes "America's First Chartered University." -
Girls Only
A few years later The Young Ladies Academy opens up in Philadelphia and becomes the first academy for girls in the original 13 colonies/states. -
History is made
Jumping ahead even further to one of most remembered cases in education history, Brown vs. Board. of Education. Throughout the years colored people weren't even seen as people, just as slaves or objects. Black people deserved an education just as much as whites. Brown vs. Board. of Education is actually a combination of five different cases from different parts of the country. It's a historic first step in the long and unfinished journey for equality in the U.S. education. -
New York
New York and Georgia team up and passes legislation that will phase in voluntary pre-kindergarten classes over a four-year period. However, preschool funding is a casualty of Sep. 11th 2001, as New York struggles to recover. As of 2008, about 39% of the state's four year, mostly low-income families, are enrolled. -
In today's world
In today's world with all the new technology we've developed we've also thrived in education. Having more public schools and more opportunities for every child in American. Bernie Sanders is taking a stand for college students to help with student debt and other finance situations.
