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The first colony is founded. This is the start of society in the new world.

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1636-Harvard, the first college in America, Is founded

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1636-Harvard, the first college in America, Is founded

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To create literate ministers for the colony, Harvard is founded under the puritan philosophy in cambridge Massachusetts.

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1642-Massachusetts passes law requiring to teach all children to read

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1642-Massachusetts passes law requiring to teach all children to read

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 1647 Massachusetts passed the Old D’éluder Act

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 1647 Massachusetts passed the Old D’éluder Act

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By 1647, the current schooling was insufficient, and the government knew this. The General Court passed the Old Deluder Act, which required each township of 50 families to hire a teacher to instruct children in reading and writing. When the population reached 100 families, the township would establish a grammar school, designed to prepare children for the university.

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1690-The first elementary textbook appears

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1690-The first elementary textbook appears

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The first elementary textbook, The New England Primer appeared in 1690.  A total of 3 million copies were printed. The content was based on similar primers from England and presented information in a religious setting. It supposedly “taught millions to read and not one to sin”.

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Phillis Wheatley showed how important education for the lower classes and the slaves was important, by using the education She got from her white master by becoming one of the best poets of her time.

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The american revolution disrupted education everywhere, but the founding of a national government would help education systems form in the new area to the west

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The Land Ordinance of 1785 reserved one section, known as "Section Sixteen" in every township established in public lands, for the maintenance of public schools. This was a big step for widespread schooling

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1873-First state board of education and in           1852- Massachusetts makes school attendance compulsory

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1873-First state board of education and in           1852- Massachusetts makes school attendance compulsory

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Massachusetts remained the educational leader among the U.S states .The state set up the first state board of education in 1837, with Horace Mann as secretary. Mann promoted educational reform and reported favorably on changes in Europe. By 1852, Massachusetts had made school attendance compulsory.

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The Civil war was one of the most influential things in U.S. history. The abolishment of slavery lead to education for african Americans being common rather than a rarity

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1910-1960s Secondary schools are created

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1910-1960s Secondary schools are created

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The first junior high school appeared in Berkeley, California in 1910. Fifty years later, middle schools appeared.

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In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that schools be desegregated. This was the biggest jump towards equal education in U.S. History, finally all races could have the same learning experience.

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During the rise of the digital age, computers and other tech became rooted in a more advanced  modern, computer based learning. While many things stayed the same, classrooms would get more digital and less physical, increasing productivity and making the new generation that much more technologically knowledgable