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Boston Latin School opens as the first public school in America. It is also the oldest living school that still exsits today.
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Harvard College was established in 1636 and helped begin the movement for colleges.
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German CatholicAround 1664 non-english speaking school were established for German Catholics and Synod Lutheran families.
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Textbooks:In the 17th century, textbooks arrive to America. Printers in Boston began to reprint many novels and the Webster's Speller was also taught to students.
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Ursuline AcademyI am not 100% sure of the date and month but the Ursuline Academy was the earliest operating school for girls in the U.S. The Academy is also still open.
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All elementaries in States became free by 1870.
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Tuskegee University is established for black college students along with many other private Universities.
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1896 the Plessy v. Ferguson decision is created to make black and whites "equal but sperate" even though not all blacks got equal rights.
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By 1990, culpulsory laws were put into place and 30 states made attendeance required until age 14 or higher. Eventually every state made it a requirment for students to complete elementary.
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The Gi Bill is created and allows education possible for veterans and who had served war time by covering 50-80% of colleges total costs.
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This act decalred that the segergation was unequal and unconstitutional. By the 1970's the south was practically clear of segergated districts.
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The movement to desegregate schools began in the late 1950’s when courts ordered integration of Little Rock, Arkansas. This act sparked schools to continue to intergrate.
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This allowed all students with a disability to gain an appropriate education for themselves.
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This act stated that states were required to meet certain educational milestones as measured by standardized testing but years later found that it was unrealistic.
