Education Timeline By sileeps 1635 Boston Latin School is the 1st public school https://www.americanboard.org/blog/11-facts-about-the-history-of-education-in-america/ 1690 New England Primer textbook https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1800 Chalkboards used in classroom (186) 1800 Classrooms evolve from one room to graded classrooms (186) 1833 Oberlin College becomes 1st college to admit men and women https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1867 Department of Education created https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1892 Pledge of Allegience used in schools https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1900 Filmstrip projector (186) 1900 Overhead projector (186) 1900 Motion picture (186) 1900 Educational television (187) 1913 Thomas Edison says "Books will be obsolute in schools" (187) 1918 Every state requires students to complete elementary school https://www.americanboard.org/blog/11-facts-about-the-history-of-education-in-america/ 1926 SAT is administered for the 1st time https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1939 School buses https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ Period: 1950 to 1960 Voice Recognition Softwares introduced (207) 1957 Little Rock Central was one of the first schools to integrate https://www.americanboard.org/blog/11-facts-about-the-history-of-education-in-america/ 1959 ACT is administered for the 1st time https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1980 Microcomputers became affordable (187) 1985 Oregon Trail educational computer game developed https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1985 Excel Spreadsheet added (200) 1990 Texas Instruments make 1st graphing calculator https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1991 1st interative whiteboard https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 1993 The Geometers Sketchpad (203) 1995 AlphaSmart (192) 1996 Box Tops for Education program created by General Mills https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/ 2001 No Child Left Behind Law https://www.americanboard.org/blog/11-facts-about-the-history-of-education-in-america/ 2003 Skype (205) 2009 Prezi (193) 2010 National Education Technology Plan published (190) 2015 New York parents opt 150K students out of standarized tests http://www.eds-resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html 2016 Those Who Can, Teach 14th Ed book published 2018 West Virginia teachers strike http://www.eds-resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html 2018 LeBron James opens up I Promise school 2019 LA teachers go on strike for 6 days http://www.eds-resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html