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17th Century
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First free school opens in Virgina
Its important to me because its giving even the poor an opportunity to learn. -
First Latin Grammar School
I think its important to have a Latin grammar school since at this time so much movement was happening between america and Europe and other Latin countries. so they needed to learn the language. -
Harvard, The First higher education institution
I think its very important to have Harvard on here because while it was the first "college" established ever its also still used and is an Ivy League school. -
Henry Dunster Became President of Harvard Institute
I think this is important because he went on teach every single class at Harvard he was a big reason s to why Harvard was the way it was and helped shape the way Harvard continue to grow and eventually find new staff to help with the curriculum. -
First Publicly supported Library
I think this is important because at the time a lot of people couldn't read or were not trying to read so the fact the library was supported and probably used a lot is absolutely a great part of education history. -
18th century
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The Ursiline Academy of New Orleans
This was the first ever catholic church school and i think it was very important to establish this so that religious people had a good school to go to for them. -
Benjamin Franklin establishes "English Academy"
I think this important because its like the first school where anyone who lives in america is welcome which i think is very inclusive of immigrants. -
Noah Webster "Grammatical Institute of the English Language"
I think this was important because it was the beginning of getting everyone in america to know/ understand English. -
The University of Georgia becomes the "first state chartered school"
I think this is important because i think of it kind of as the beginning of more school spread out across the united states. -
The University of North Carolina becomes the first school to award Degrees in the 18th century
I think this is important because it kind of marks where people started to do jobs because they went to school for them as well as getting a degree is something we still do now. -
19th Century
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James Pillans Invents modern Blackboard
I think this important because its something teachers used for centuries to write down school lessons and used as a learning tool for centuries. -
Boston English Highschool
I think this school is important because it is the first public high school in the U.S. tats i think that its extremely important to have public high schools. -
Perkins School for The Blind
I think this is extremely important because its the first school for the visually disabled. -
Oberlin College admits 1st group of women
I think this important because this was womens start at a higher level education. -
Phebe Stuioh becomes first female superintendent
This is important because it paves the way for women to have jobs in the education system. -
20th Century
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Joliet Junior College is the first community college
i think this important because it gives less fortunate people with less money a better opportunity at getting s higher level education. -
Smith-Hughes Smith Act is passed
This is important to me because this act passed funding for agriculture and vocational education which is something im passionate about. -
Scholastic Aptitude Test
This is important because it becomes the new education standard for many years. -
National School Lunch Act
This is important because it gave students a chance to have lunch in school everyday. -
Bilingual Education Act
This is important because it gives bilingual students a chance to learn equally as much as any other student.