The History of Education in America

towns with 50 or more families needed a teacher and to collect taxes

Oct 23, 1647

First College Established

Oct 23, 1693

each new state was required to form a government and address education

Oct 23, 1785

English classical school established in Boston

Oct 23, 1821

First institution for preparing teachers

Oct 23, 1823

First Kindergarten opened

Jan 2, 1837

Horace Mann decided to intermix the social classes

Oct 23, 1837

First kindergarten opened

Oct 23, 1837

School committee to desegregate schools

Oct 23, 1846

First School based on grades

Oct 23, 1848

Classrooms with less than 100 students

Oct 23, 1850

First Massachusetts attendance law

Oct 23, 1852

Committee of Ten on Secondary School Studies- standards for college

Oct 23, 1892

Separate but equal schools was legal

Oct 23, 1896

Dewey opened his laboratory school

Oct 23, 1896

First junior high school

Oct 23, 1909

Criminal offense to teach in any language other than english

Oct 23, 1918