1776-1880

Industrial Revolution

Mar 30, 1780

Educ system wasn't good, however throughout time period people in progressive movement began to see social justices and saw how kids were missing education. The only ones who attended school who those who were rich, and could pay for school.

Land Ordinance of 1785

Mar 30, 1785

specifies that the western territories are to be divided into townships made up of 640-acre sections, one of which was to be set aside "for the maintenance of public schools."

Constitution of 1790

Mar 30, 1790

Provided basis for public system of educ.

Blackboard

Mar 30, 1801

James Pillans invented the blackboard

First Deaf School opens

Mar 30, 1817

The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons opens. It is the first permanent school for the deaf in the U.S. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc are the school's co-founders. In 1864, Thomas Gallaudet's son, Edward Miner Gallaudet, helps to start Gallaudet University, the first college specifically for deaf students.

First High School

Mar 30, 1821

First public high school opens in Boston, Massachusetts
'Boston English High School'

Mass. makes law

Mar 28, 1827

Massachusetts makes a law requiring towns of 500 families or more to establish high schools that are open to all students

Horace Mann

Mar 30, 1839

was the one of the strongest proponents for public educ and the common school.
As lawyer, Mass. State senator, and the first secretary of the Mass. St Board of Educ, he worked continuously on behalf of the public to achieve support for public educ. Many different groups opposed him because they felt public schools were not in their best interests.
Was able to improve the quality of the schools in Massachusetts

Civil War 1863-1865

Mar 30, 1863

"Antebellum" era
Educ. was not primary focus of Americans within this period
Three branches: district, academy, & colleges

Emancipation Proclamation

Mar 30, 1863

Freeing slaves in the southern states
Made it possible for African Americans to learn and get an education. Literacy rates rose from apprx 5% in 1860 to 40% in 1890. In both the North and the South, African Americans suffered from segregation, lack of education, and political disenfranchisement.