education timeline

By taylorrotundo

  • founding of jamestown colony

    first english settlement

  • first latin grammar school

    oldest existing school in US

  • harvard college

    oldest institution of higher learning

  • massachusetts law school

    first law in massachusetts

  • Old deluder satan law requires parents confirmation that their kid can read

  • New england primer

    First reading primer designedFor American colonies

  • American philosophical society

    scholarly organization that promoted knowledge

  • Philadelphia school for African-Americans

    Gave African-American students a good learning environment

  • American spelling book

    Beginning of what is now called the dictionary

  • Troy female seminary

    Countries first secondary school for students