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Founding of Jamestown Colony
First successful English settlement -
First Latin Grammar School
Started preparing boys for higher education -
Harvard College
Educated the Clergy -
Massachusetts Bay Law School
Transferred educational supervision from the clergy to the selectmen of the colony. -
Old Deluder Satan Law
Required parents to ensure their children's ability to read -
New England Primer
Promoted literacy, proliferated compulsory education, and solidified a Calvinist ethic in colonial America -
College of William and Mary
Graduates leave with the leadership skills to advocate for change in the profession -
Some Thoughts Concerning Education, by John Locke
Argued for a broadened syllabus and better treatment of students. -
Charlestown, South Carolina Public Library
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American Philosophical Society
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Academy of Philadelphia Established by Benjamin Franklin
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Philadelphia School for African Americans
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American Spelling Book, by Noah Webster
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Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia
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English Classical School (Later renamed English High School)