New England is a treasure house filled with many different types of spiritual, cultural, historical, and other resources. Included in this treasure trove is a rich history in the field of education, dating back to 1642, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed the first law requiring that children be taught to read and write.
Ideally parents would be teaching their children, but in many cases they did not. Consequently, in 1647, the colony passed another law requiring that each town having more than fifty families to hire a teacher, and every town of more than 100 families to establish a "grammar school."
For more information about the development of education in colonial New England, please visit:
Mass Moments: Massachusetts Passes First Education Law
Cambridge History of English and American Literature: New England; The Massachusetts Law of 1647
Notre Dame: History of American Education Web Project: Discussion of the Massachusetts Education Laws of 1642 & 1647
Notre Dame: History of American Education Web Project: The New England Primer
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