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240 years of teaching
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1635 Pilgrims establish the first public school in the American Colonies
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Harvard is the first university of higher learning in america
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Oct. 19th disclaimer!! :)
All entries with the date october 19 should be noted for the year only -
Philadelphia Academy opened by Benjamin Franklin
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Thomas Jefferson submits bill for public school system
Although voted down by Virginian legislators. Jefferson laid the foundation of what would become our modern school system. -
Noah Webster produces his first text
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Massachusetts and Conecticut require any town with more than 500 families to build a High school
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Thomas Jefferson oversees the construction of Virginias first University
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1840s, Horace Mann and Henry Barnard helped create school systems in Massachusetts and Connecticut that further increased teacher training and pay.
In most states, teachers by this time needed to take a test for certification that licensed them to teach. -
William Mcguffey produces first text book "Reader"
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National Teachers Association formed and was the largest labor union in the United States.
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Justin Morrill sponsors the Morril Land-Grant
a bill that allows the selling of public lands to pay for higher learning institutes -
15 states pass laws prohibiting teaching evolution
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F.D.R. 's "New Deal" propses educational reforms as well as social and economic
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FSA Federal Security Act is established
Part of Roosevelts "New Deal" plan witch governed Vocational Rehabilitation, or Adult education -
Brown Vs. Board of education
The supreme court made the monumentous desicion segregation is "unconstitutional -
Armed U.S. troops oversee the intergration of Littlerock Centeral Highschool
