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Boston Latin School was founded on April 23, 1635, by the Town of Boston. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The school was modeled after the Free Grammar School of Boston in England under the influence of Reverend John Cotton . [ 7 ]
The front entrance to Boston Latin School on Avenue Louis Pasteur. Boston Latin School is a public exam school located in Boston, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1635. It is the first public school and the oldest existing school in the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Boston Latin School was founded in 1635. [1] Boston Latin School was not funded by tax dollars in its early days, however. On January 1, 1644, by unanimous vote, Dedham authorized the first U.S. taxpayer-funded public school; "the seed of American education." [2]
The list does not include schools that have closed or consolidated with another school to form a new institution. The list is ordered by date of creation, and currently includes schools formed before 1870. Boston Latin School (1635), Boston, Massachusetts [2] [3] Hartford Public High School (1638), Hartford, Connecticut [4]
Boston Latin Academy (BLA) is a public exam school founded in 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts providing students in grades 7th through 12th a classical preparatory education. Originally named Girls' Latin School , it became the first college preparatory high school for girls in the United States. [ 4 ]
Latin schools, on the same model, were founded in North America, importing the European methods of education. The first of these was Boston Latin School, founded in 1635. These fed early universities such as Harvard, with students capable of speaking, reading and debating in Latin. The challenge to the Latin, Greek and "classical" domination of ...
1635 – Boston Latin School founded. [3] 1636 – Town assumes the prerogatives of appointment and control of the Boston Watch. 1637 – Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts founded. 1638 Desiré slave ship arrives. [4] Anne Hutchinson excommunicated. 1644 – "Slaving expedition" departs for Africa. [5]
One of the first schools in America, Boston Latin School (1635), and the first college in America, Harvard College (1636), were founded shortly after Boston's European settlement. A South-East View of the City of Boston in North America, printed at London, c. 1730