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Christopher Dock arrived in Germany and opened a school in Montgomery County
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The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is found.
This is a Catholic school for girls. -
Benjamin Franklin helped establish the first English Academy
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Christopher Dock's book is published
This is the first book about teaching that is printed in colonial America. -
The University of Georgia became America's first state charted universirty.
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James Pilans invented the modern blackboard
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The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb People opened.
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The Boston English High school opened
This is one of the first public high schools in the US. -
Massachusetts passes a law.
This law requires towns of more than 500 families to have a public school -
Oberlin College admits its first group of women
This is the first college to become coeducational. -
Joliet Junior college opens
This is the first public community college to open in the US. -
Columbus Ohio School Board creates Junior High Schools
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The Smith-Hughes Act passes
This provided federal funding for agricultural education. -
The Great depression begins
Public education funding suffers -
78- million baby boomers are born
This generation grows the populations in schools. -
The higher education act is again amended
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The Higher Education Opportunity Act is passed
This law included major changes in student loans. -
Alabama became the first state to require public schools to check the immigration status of students
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"No child left behind" laws were approved
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Minnesota state high school league votes on December 4 to allow a policy allowing transgender students to join female sports
