In what year were the Phiadelphia Public Schools founded?

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_District_of_Philadelphia

The School District of Philadelphia is a school district, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that includes all public schools in the city of Philadelphia.

The School District of Philadelphia is the seventh largest district in the United States; 217,405 students attend the district's 273 schools. In a decision reached in 2000 to increase school efficacy, the district's board of education established a more corporate structure. The current CEO is Paul Vallas, who previously headed the Chicago Public Schools. Both the city and the state have representatives on a five-member School Reform Commission that oversees the district.

Answer 2

In the year 1818
TIMELINE:
In November, 1815, the county Commissioners proposed a plan of education to the City Councils, which led, in January, 1816, to the appointment of a committee to consult with the commissioners of Southwark and of the Northern Liberties. But it was not until 1818 that the details were sanctioned by the Legislature, when an act was passed providing for the education of poor children at the public expense in the city and county of Philadelphia, forming the "first School District of Pennsylvania." The School Controllers established two schools in Southwark, two in Moyamensing, two in Northern Liberties and two in Penn Township. A model school was erected on the side of Chester Street, above Race. The first Superintendent of schools was Joseph Lancaster.