CHST Exam Study Guide with Practice Questions. This exam assesses the individual's understanding of managing a construction site, training individuals in OSHA regulations, maintaining a safe work environment through worksite audits, and ethical and legal concerns involved with the health and safety of workers at a worksite.
In 1820, Boston is the site of the first public U.S. high school. And in 1827, a Massachusetts law makes all grades of public school free to all. Massachusetts innovation continues with the stateâs first Board of Education formed in 1837, headed by Horace Mann. And in 1851, Massachusetts makes education compulsory.
Although formal schooling was not widely available, education was important to the early American colonists. Quickly realizing that simply teaching children to read and write at home and in church was insufficient, colonists began to establish public schools in the early 1600s, with the founding of the Boston Latin School in 1635.