Tracing Education in the US from Colonial to Public high school

Education in the U.S.A. started with the first settlers coming here from England seeking to escape persecution and settled in what is known today as James Town. In 1635 these settlers started what is known as the First Latin Grammar School in Boston. Colonial education consisted of grammar, Latin and reading the bible. Parents were the ones who chose where to send their children and for how long. During this time a free school was open in Virginia and in 1636 Harvard open their doors are the higher institution for learning. In 1642 the first public school was developed in New Haven the Connecticut colony was more advanced than the other colonies. During this time the Dame school was open and was more private type of schooling conducted in women houses. This school allowed for the first time for women to be educated. These types of schools were not considered important it was more like a child care.
During the Colonial era women were not considered as a class of individuals needed to be education. As a result education was limited to males. Females were taught skills of house duties. So when the Dame schools opened this was an opportunity for women to be educated as well. They taught the children prayers, numbers and the ABC.
In 1751 Benjamin Franklin opened the first English Academy in Philadelphia. In 1752 the first Lutheran school in New York opened. 1766 the Moravians open the first school for girls in Salem. In 1783-85 Noah Webster developed the first English textbooks. 1787 the first Academy for girls was opened. Then in 1821 the first public high school was opened in Boston. These schools were mainly for boys. Other areas of the country decided to open separate schools for boys and girls. The reason for this was that many still believed that women should not receive an education and not a higher form of education.
Unlike the schools in Colonial days the present day high schools serve many functions. Schooling in Colonial times was not mandatory but schooling is mandatory today. High school today is considered a secondary school that includes grades nine through twelve. There were also no set time limit or frame for early colonial schools. Today’s schools have a time frame.