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The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans was founded
It is a Catholic school for all girls. It's the oldest still operating school for girls and oldest Catholic school in the U.S. -
Benjamin Franklin helps establish the first English Academy
Included courses like history, geography, surveying, and languages. It later became the University of Philadelphia. -
Noah Webster writes A Grammatical Institute of the English Language
He was unsatisfied the textbooks back then, so he wrote his own including a spelling book, a grammar book, and a reader. -
The University of Georgia becomes America's first state-chartered university
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The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia
It became first academy for girls in one of the 13 colonies. -
The modern blackboard was invented
James Pillans created the first modern blackboard. -
The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons Opens
It's the first school for the deaf in the U.S. -
Boston English High School opens
One of the first public schools in the U.S. -
The New England Asylum for the Blind opens
It is now called the Perkins School for the Blind, it's the first school to open in the U.S. for blind people. -
Stanford University is founded
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The Association of American Universities is founded
It was to promote higher standards for the U.S. universities. -
Joliet Junior College opens
The first public community college in the U.S. -
The American Federation of Teachers is founded
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The Smith Hughes Act passes
Provided federal funding for agricultural and vocational education. -
The Works Progress Administration is authorized by Congress
It put unemployed people to work on the building of schools. -
The Higher Education Opportunity Act is passed into law
Included major changes student loan eligibility. -
The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
Provided more than 90-billion dollars for education -
Federal Government allows transgender students to use the bathroom matching their gender identity
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Thousands of students across the nation walk out of classrooms
They were demanding changes in gun laws. -
Schools began their plans for re-opening schools due to COVID-19
Some schools offered fall-semester online and others allowed students to do in person school.