Education Timeline By rmcdonald51 1635 Boston Latin School became first school in 13 colonies 1636 Harvard was first school for higher education 1783 American Spelling Book first published Period: 1800 to 1900 Teachers start exploring ways to teach the disabled 1837 Board of Education created by Massachussets 1837 Oberlin college first to admit women 1867 Federal Department of Education was founded 1875 Civil Rights Act passed, banning segregation in public 1900 School Attendance became mandatory for kids aged 8-14 in 31 states Period: 1960 to 1970 legislators passed acts to prohibit discrimination gender, race, disabilities 1965 Title I of Education Act gave funding to local schools for low to middle class students 1998 Almost all states had defined standards for math and reading