Dame Schools (1600s)

• Private schools (for a fee)
• taught by women
• dames received meager wages
• quality of instruction varied greatly

Latin Grammar Schools (1600s-1700s)

• Prepared wealthy men for college
• emphasized a classical curriculum
• emphasized Latin and Greek
• From European roots

Local Schools (1600s-1800s)

• Started in towns and later expanded to districts
• opened to those who could afford to pay
• taught basic skills and religion

English Grammar Schools (1700s)

• private schools
• practical studies
• preparation for business careers
• means of instilling social graces
• some schools admitted girl

Itinerant Schools (1700s) and Tutors (1600s-1900s)

• In New England, itinerant teachers carried schooling from village to village
• they lived in people's homes and provided instruction
• in the South, private tutors taught the rich
• traveling teachers and tutors for small fee and room and board
• vary in levels of education

Academies (1700s-1800s)

• combination of Latin and English grammar schools.
• taught English not Latin
• practical courses were taught
• history and classics included
• some academies emphasized college preparation
• some emphasized business and vocations.

Private Schools (1700s-1800s)

• often located in the middle colonies
• variety of special studies
• parents pay for what they want
• curriculum varied

High Schools (1800s-present)

• free
• governed by the public
• opened to all social classes
• provided both precollege and career education
  

Common Schools (1830-present)

• free
• all social classes
• intended to bring democracy into the classroom (Horace Mann)
• elementary schools of today

Junior high schools (1909-present) and Middle Schools (1950s-present)

• junior high school (grades 7-9) and middle schools (grades 6-8)
• designed to meet the needs of preadolescents