Compulsory education law is adopted.
1850
Massachusetts legislature adopts a law that makes Massachusetts the first state in the U.S. to require all children between the ages of 8 and 14 are given at least three months of free, public education.
Massachusetts legislature adopts a law that makes Massachusetts the first state in the U.S. to require all children between the ages of 8 and 14 are given at least three months of free, public education.