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First English Settlement
First English settlement in North America established by the Virginia Company in Jamestown, VA. -
First Free School
The first free school opened up in Virginia. -
First College
Harvard college was the first higher education started in Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
Massachusettes Bay School Law
The massachusettes bay school law was passed in 1642, assuring parents that their children must know the principals of religion and the capital laws of the common wealth. -
Second College
The second college was opened in Virginia as The College of William and Mary. It is known to be Thomas Jefferson's college. -
First Girls School
The first all girls school opened in Philadelphia and was called The Young Girls Academy. -
Blackboard
The first blackboard was inventedf in 1801 by James Pillans . -
First Deaf People School
The first school for deaf people opened up in 1817 by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. -
First Public High School
The first public high school opened in 1821 by the name of Boston English HIgh School. -
First Visual Disability School
In 1829, the first school for children with visual disabilities opened in Massachusettes. Now known as the Perkins School for the Blind. -
First African American College
The first African American college opened up in 1837 in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Now known as the Institute for Colored Youth. -
First Funded School
The first funded school was opened for teachers. Then known as a normal school. -
Children With Intellectual Needs
The first school for kids with intellectual needs opened. -
First Kindergarden
The first kindergarden was made in Watertown, Wisconsin. -
Department of Education
The department of education was created to help build more effective schools. -
Joliet Junior College
The first public community college in the United States. -
SAT
The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was created in 1926.