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The '''Old Deluder Act''' was passed in 1647 in Massachusetts.  It established the first public schools in [[America]] to teach children to read.

The '''Old Deluder Act''' was passed in 1647 in Massachusetts by the [[Puritans]].  It established the first public schools in America to teach children to read the Bible and thus defeat Satan (who they callled "the old deluder").

==The Old Deluder Act ==

==The Old Deluder Act ==

And it is further ordered, that when any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a [[grammar school]], the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university, provided that if any town neglect the performance hereof above one year that every such town shall pay 5 pounds to the next school till they shall perform this order.

And it is further ordered, that when any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a [[grammar school]], the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university, provided that if any town neglect the performance hereof above one year that every such town shall pay 5 pounds to the next school till they shall perform this order.

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