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  The Boston Latin School opened up in Boston, Massachusetts.
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  Harvard University-- the oldest institution for higher education-- is founded.
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  Henry Dunster becomes president of Harvard university, and is responsible for teaching all of the classes.
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  Every town of 50 families must have an elementary school, and every town of 100 families must have a Latin school.
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  John Locke publishes "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," an essay stating that human knowledge is gained by expirience, and that a human is born with a blank mind.
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  Opens a school in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
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  Ben Franklin open's an english academy that teaches a lot.
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  Noah Webster publishes the first dictionary.
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  Boston English Highschool is opened.
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  Mount Holyoke Female Seminary opens.
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  Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children opens.
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  Helped to establish effective school systems.
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  Founded be Leland Stanford.
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  Reformed education system.
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  School funding suffers greatly.
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  Texas Instruments introduces the TI-2500 Data Math.
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  By Minnesota.
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  First online school.
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