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Earliest American colleges established
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The first "free school"
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Old Deluder satan act
This act decreed that every town of 50 families or more needs to hire a schoolmaster who would teach the town's children to read and write. -
American academy
Benjamin Franklin founded the American Academy, an educational institution -
State control of education
individual states have control over education -
Invention of the blackboard
James Pillians invented the blackboard -
First public high school in U.S.,Boston English opens
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Massachusetts passes a law making all grades Public school free
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Invention of the typewriter
Christopher Sholes invented the modern typewriter. -
High school curriculum
A standardized high school curriculum was formed by the National Education -
Pencils and paper
Mass-produced pencils and paper -
First community college
Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Illinois, opened -
SAT was made
SAT was produced and published by the college board -
IQ testing
David Wechsler developed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale -
First computer
the computer was built for the U.S. military by Presper Eckert and John Mauchly -
Brown vs Board of education
The United States Supreme Court passes the case, Brown v. Board of Education, which makes segregated schools illegal. -
ACT
Everett Fraklin made the ACT for the competition to the SAT -
First computers used in schools
computers were first used in New York in elementary school -
First African American child to attend an all white elementary school
At William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Ruby Bridges, a first-grader, was the first African American child to attend -
Handheld calculator
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Scantron grading system
the Scantron Corporation removed the need to grade multiple-choice tests by hand -
Whiteboard
the whiteboard was invented because of students allergies to chalkboard dust. -
Higher education act
made to produce report cards -
No child left behind
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was approved by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in January of 2002 -
Common core
The Common Core State Standards Initiatives is launched which details what K-12 students should know at the end of the year. -
Teens - social networking sites 2006
in 2006 the percent of teens using networking was 55% -
Adults - social networking sites 2006
percent was at 16% -
Teens- social networking sites 2007
in 2007 it was at 60% -
Adults- social networking sites 2007
Adults in 2007 were using 26% of social networking sites -
Teens - social networking sites in 2008
in 2008 it was 65% -
Adults - social networking sites 2008
in 2008 it was at 29% -
teens- social networking sites 2009
percent was 73% -
Teens - twitter 2009
in 2009 teens were using 8% of twitter -
adults - social networking sites 2009
in 2009 it was at 47% -
Adults - twitter 2011
In 2011 adults used 12% of Twitter -
K-12 market exploded
in 2011 and 2012 tablet sales exploded 340% -
teens - twitter 2011
percent was 16% -
Adults- twitter 2012
percent was 16% -
Teens - twitter 2012
percent was 24% -
Adults using internet
85% of adults using the internet