Cremin (1970) stresses that colonists tried at first to educate by the traditional English methods of family, church, community, and apprenticeship, with schools later becoming the key agent in socialization. The first free taxpayer-supported public school in North America, the Mather School, was opened in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1639. Boston Latin School was founded in 1635 and is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States. The first American schools in the thirteen original colonies opened in the 17th century. It was a lower priority elsewhere, with many short-lived small local private academies and some schools for pauper children. Schooling was a high priority in New England, which set up strong systems, especially in Massachusetts. See also: Education in the Thirteen Colonies, Latin school § Latin schools in colonial North America and the USA, and Neo-Latin § Latin in school education 1500-1700
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