1. The Secondary School Movement
By Shane Robinson, Patrick Clark, John Gadson, and Joey Baird

2. What is Secondary Education?
Education beyond the elementary age. Provided by a high school

3. Before Secondary education
American schools differed from many other nations.
Jefferson was the first leader to suggest a public school system and believed it should be controlled by the government to prevent religious bias.
When the constitution was ratified 7 of the 14 states had specific provisions for education.

4. Beginnings of Second Education
It began in the United states in the mid to late nineteenth century.
It was controlled by an independent board, tuition was included, and the location was broken up by the region and local needs.
Boston Latin Grammar School was open in 1635 to help boys from elite families so they could attend college and be successful in society.

5. The English High School began in 1821 in Boston
The building used was an already existing school at the corner of Derne and Temple St, on Beacon Hill. A plaque to commemorate the nation's first public high school can be seen today at the site of the old building.
The school was relocated in 1824 to Jamaica Plain to 144 McBride St.

6. Why It Was Established
The Boston School Committee, which was established in 1789, sought to provide a means of education for those students who were not going on to Harvard. They wanted a curriculum that provided subjects that would aid its graduates in achieving success in the world of commerce and industry.

7. Reference Page
A History of Public Education in the United States by Deeptha Thattai
David Miller Sadker and Karen R. Zittleman, Teachers, Schools, and Society. A Brief Introduction to Education