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Boston Latin School
The Boston Latin School is thought to be the first founded public school in America and is the oldest school still in existance. It is also believed that Ezekiel Cheever would have been the teacher. -
Massachusettes Bay Colony decree
The court of the Massachusettes Bay Colony stated that there must be an elementary school for every town of 50 families and a Latin school for every town of 100 families within the colony. -
Survey of the Northwest Territory
Survey created townships that by law would be required to reserve a portion of the land for a public school. Eventually such land grants became Universities in a system now known as "Land-Grant Universities." -
Girls Academy
First academy for girls created in Philledaphia -
Free Education
Pensylvannia make free education a requirement for poor people, rich families still have to pay for education. -
Education for poor children
Wealthy businessmen provide education to poor children in New York. One master teaches hundreds of children in one room, the master gives assignments to older students who then pass it down to younger ones. Discipline and obedience were emphasized because they were qualities that factory owners wanted in their workers. -
Standardized tests
A survey showed that 3/4 of schools were using intelligence testing and placing students on different acedemic tracks based on their scores on above stated tests. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Segregation in public schools is made illegal. -
First tax-supported Public School
The very first tax-supported public school was run by Reverend Ralph Wheelock in a Massachusettes town by the name of Dedham. -
Proposition 209
California passes proposition 209 outlawing all descrimination based on sex, race, relegion, ethnicity, or national origin in those in positions of public educaiton, public contracting, or public employment.
