Education Timeline

  • Boston Latin School became first school in 13 colonies

  • Harvard was first school for higher education

  • American Spelling Book first published

  • Period: to

    Teachers start exploring ways to teach the disabled

  • Board of Education created by Massachussets

  • Oberlin college first to admit women

  • Federal Department of Education was founded

  • Civil Rights Act passed, banning segregation in public

  • School Attendance became mandatory for kids aged 8-14 in 31 states

  • Period: to

    legislators passed acts to prohibit discrimination

    gender, race, disabilities
  • Title I of Education Act gave funding to local schools for low to middle class students

  • Almost all states had defined standards for math and reading