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Educational timeline 1820-1865

By avery simank

  • Boston English High School

    Boston English High School
    The first public high school opens

  • Public schools

    Public schools
    The state of Massachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all students.

  • School for Blind

    School for Blind
    The New England Asylum for the Blind, now the Perkins school for the blind, opens in Massachusetts, becoming the first school in the U.S. for children with visual disabilities.

  • Superintendent

    Superintendent
    Louisville, Kentucky appoints the first superintendent

  • first college for women

    first college for women
    first college for women in the U.S.

  • State funded school

    State funded school
    first state funded school opens in Lexington, Massachusetts.