Answer:
True
Step-by-step explanation:
There were quite a few private schools that were opened during the colonial period. Some schools were Sunday schools, some were academies, but there was certainly a larger number of private schools than public ones among Anglo-Americans who lived in the colonies.
This remained all until the Texas revolution. After then, and especially during the 1850s, private schools were converted more to common schools, and a school fund was established.