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Havard is founded
Harvard becomes the first provider of higher education in what is now America -
William and Mary founded
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Benjamin Franklin starts the University of Pennsylvania
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The Blackboard is used with chalk for the first time
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First public high school is opened in Boston
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Massachusetts requires towns to have public school
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The widely used textbook The McGuffey Reader is published
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Mandatory attendance in all states
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In Brown vs Board it is ruled that seperate but equal is unconsitutional
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Title IX prohibits discrimination by sex in all areas of schools