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[Youngblood]

Interesting list ...

MARYLAND ... King Williams School opened in 1696. It was the first school in the United States .

Well, considering the fact that the Jamestown settlement was established in 1607 that would mean that 89 years elapsed before anyone started a school in any of the English colonies ... which cannot be correct.

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[Bob Womack]

According to THIS, the first school in the colonies was the Boston Latin School established in 1635 in Boston, Mass, beating Harvard College by a year.

William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA, was established in 1693, again beating the date claimed for Maryland, this time by three years.

Bob

[John Kepler]

Interesting list ...



Well, considering the fact that the Jamestown settlement was established in 1607 that would mean that 89 years elapsed before anyone started a school in any of the English colonies ... which cannot be correct.

VERY much correct! Virginia as a state did not have ANY compulsory public education until the beginning of the 20th Century. Education was the province of the church, not the state.

[Youngblood]

Yours is the first mention in-thread of "compulsory public education".

[John Kepler]

Yours is the first mention in-thread of "compulsory public education".

I should clarify....the better description would have been "free", tax-supported public education as a government entitlement. Virginia had plenty of schools, but you "paid to play" until the early 20th century. Education was a family or church responsibility, not the states, and so, would not be considered "public schools".

[Youngblood]

.... OK ... I also don't notice anything about "public" schools ...

MARYLAND ... King Williams School opened in 1696. It was the first school in the United States .