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Boston Latin School founded
The first steps towards public education are taken, initiating a move towards compulsory public education throughout the colonies. -
Sisters of the Saint Ursula
First North American school for girls founded in French New Orleans giving women the chance to learn and read. (https://www.uanola.org/about/ursuline-heritage) -
Prussian Model created
Prussian modeled to group together similar age groups. This is what most of our K-12 system is based on. http://hackeducation.com/2012/11/01/history-of-education-khan-academy -
Two Year Teaching Schools
The creation of normal schools for teachers allows for more general knowledge to be taught. Although, four-year college degrees weren't required of teachers in certain areas in the United States until after World War I. -
Noyes Academy created and destroyed
Early racially integrated school created but destroyed by local Whites. This was the first step in a large movement to create desegregated schools and to even offer education to the minority groups. -
Horace Mann modernizes the American Education System
Horace Mann brings the Prussian system to America, thinking it to be very egalitarian and 'for everyone'. He also establishes a state board. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Horace-Mann -
Rosetta Douglass passes entry exams
Entering an advanced Seward Seminary, Annie is admitted but kept segregated from the other white students, sparking progress in African Americans becoming more educated. -
All States have free public elementary schools
The US was the leader in literacy ratings in the world. This causes massive support for the education system, pushing it forward. -
The Committee of Ten is formed
The Committee pushes for more liberal arts education in public high schools. This causes a wave of creativity and freedom in expression through school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppyT9KsKVJ0 -
Plessy v Ferguson
The Plessy v Ferguson case is taken to the Supreme Court, which upholds the decision to segregate African Americans from Whites. Setting back the public education reform, but eventually being upturned in the Brown vs Board of Education decision in 1954.
