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Education in 1900
Public schools were free and mostly children who were not rich attended this type of school. -
High School in 1900
In 1900, only 11% of all children between ages fourteen and seventeen went to high school, and even lesser of them graduated. Those numbers had improved slightly by 1910. -
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Education- Schooling Laws
34 states had compulsory schooling laws, 4 were in the South and the rest 30 states required attendance until the age of 14 or above and so by 1920 72% of American children could attend school. -
First Junior High Opens
The first Junior High school opened on Dec 1 1909 in Columbus, Ohio. and was called Indianola Junior High School. -
The Dalton School
The Dalton School also known as the Children's University was founded by Helen Parkhurst in 1919 -
First Online Learning
The first traces of online learning started in the University of Illinois (which is in Champaign, IL, United States) on 1960. University of Illinois was founded in 1867. -
IB (International Baccalaureate) Establishment
In 1968, IB (International Baccalaureate) was founded and established in Geneva, Switzerland by John Goormaghtigh. The first programme by IB was the DP (Diploma Programme)and this was the only IB programme in existence until 1994 when the MYP (Middle Years Program) was developed. Then the IB PYP (Primary Years Programme) was developed in 1996. The first PYP school was authorised in 1997, with 87 schools in 43 countries within five years. -
Apple Computers Donated to Schools
In 1980, one of the first Apple computers were donated to American schools and classes and so, Apple donated thousands of Apple IIe computers to California schools starting from in 1983. -
First Online High School Starts
CompuHigh also known as Whitmore Schoolis a High school in Morgantown, West Virginia. It is the world's first online high school and was founded in 1994. -
First Online Lessons and Schooling
In 2020, most children of the world had to stop attending school due to their closure for a new virus had come our way, Coronavirus. Due to the Coronavirus it is not safe to go out without taking precautions. This has developed online learning and so we are at home doing online learning.