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Colonial American Education
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Education begins
The first school started in what is now known as America was in common day Florida. A catholic school. This is a common theme in early education, most if not all schools were religion based. -
Grammar School
The first pilgrims arrive and bring with the religious beliefs of their people. The first Latin Grammar School is established and attended by upper class young boys and are mostly meant for leadership positions. The first free school was also established in the Southern colonies. -
Higher Education
The first post secondary school is established. Harvard College is established in Newtowne, Massachusetts. Today Newtowne is known as Cambridge. History Of Harvard College -
Hartford Public High School
The first public, strictly secondary school is started in Hartford Connecticut. -
Old Deludar Satan Act
Massachusetts passes a law enforcing that every town of at least fifty families or more hires a schoolmaster to teach the children to read and write and that every town of one hundred families or more will have a Latin Grammar Schoolmaster that prepares children for Harvard. This law was the basis for most of the American school system and districting -
First Schoolbook
The New England Primer is published in Boston. It becomes the most widely used schoolbook and was the basis for all education pre-1790 -
Education Standards
In 1710 Christopher Dock arrives from England and creates a Mennonite school. Many schools during Colonial America were religion based. Christopher Dock writes a book about educational standards for teaching, which is widespread and widely used. -
First All Girls School
The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is established as the first all girls school. It's a Catholic School and the oldest still running all girls school. Ursuline Academy -
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Enlightenment ideals
People like Christian Wolff, Benjamin Franklin and John Locke influence American thinking and schools of thought. Many of their ideals clash with classical religious practices taught in school, however these educational classes are still in schools today due to the importance of their teaching. -
English Academy
Benjamin Franklin establishes the first school that teaches both classical and nontraditional schools of learning. He combines enlightenment ideals with those of classical religious ideology. This school was known as the English Academy.