Milestones
In 1821 the first public high school in the united states was started in Bostom. By 1900, 31 states required children to attend school from the ages of 8 to 14. As a result, by 1910 72 percent of American children attended school. Half the antion’s children attended one-room schools. In 1981, every state required students to complete elementary school. In 1954, the supreme court in brown v. board of education unanimously declared that separate facilities were unconstitutional and desegregation began.