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Pythagoras Academy
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Manuscript translations for text were done so more people could read them.
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Gutenberg Printing Press was created
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The first public school was opened in the American colonies, Boston Latin school
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Harvard college opens and has its beginnings as a seminary.
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Massachussetts Bay Colony passes a law that requires all parents to teach their children to read.
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Quaker school for black students opens up in Philadelphia
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Schools started using chalkboards and chalkboard slates in the classrooms.
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In the 1800's is when books started to be introduced as teaching tools in the classroom
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The New York Public School Society is formed.
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Boston’s English High School opens with 102 students. The school is the first tuition-free public high school to teach no language but English.
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Massachussetts creates the first board of education
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Platt Rogers Spencer develops the first widely used handwriting teaching system in schools, called Spencerian penmanship.
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First school to cater to mental disabilities open in Massachussetts.
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Massachussetts enacts the first compulsory school-attendance law in the U.S.
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The NEA announces its support of physical education in public schools.
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The NEA announces its support of music education in public schools.
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Women enter the University of Michigan for the first time.
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The board of education in St. Louis establishes the first successful public school kindergarten.
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A sex education program is introduced citywide in public high schools in Chicago, Illinois.
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They started to implement radios into the classroom
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Haaren High School in New York offers the first aviation course to students.
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The film strip projector was introduced in classrooms
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Overhead projector was used
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The United States Congress approves the National School Lunch Act of 1946, creating the modern school lunch program
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In 1960 Televisions were stating to be used in schools
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VCR tapes were used with the televisions for informations videos
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Audio tapes began
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Birth of Charter Schools in Minnesota
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Computer labs started popping up in schools
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First SMARTboard interactive board was used in classrooms
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Law passes in California to make it illegal for children of undocumented immigrants to attend public schools.
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An NCES study reveals that only 31% of new teachers feel "very
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Powerpoint and prezi take over for essays. page 196
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Digital storytelling with imovie. page. 196
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Students are starting to use software to create their own e-books. page. 196
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Many students are using word processors to write online. page. 195
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More and more schools are allowing children to use phones in class. page. 195
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Schools are now offering their students tablets or personal computers to work with. Page. 193
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Ryan, Cooper, Bolick. Those Who Can, Teach (without MindTap), 14th ed., Wadsworth, 2015.
ISBN: 9781305077690. ism. The History of Education: 1600-200. isminc.com, https://isminc.com/pdf/free/administrators-faculty/history_education.pdf