The first public school in Indianapolis was shortridge middle school although it just became a magnet for law and public polocy.
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The Massachusetts Bay colony was the group which had the first tax supported public schools. These were actually the first public schools in the U.S.
Opened public elementary schools~apex
1969
The Old Deluder Act was passed in 1647 and it established the first public schools in America. The schools would teach children to read the Bible.
Blacks and white were kept in seperate schools.