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Young Ladies’ Academy of Philadelphia
The Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia was the first government recognized institution established for women's higher education in the United States. Founded by John Poor on June 4th, 1787, it was chartered on January 7th, 1792. It provided young women with a diverse curriculum, notably teaching students about various components of English, science, arithmetic, history, and geography. This gave women an opportunity to show their worth and to become something big in the future. -
Boston English High School
The English High School of Boston, Massachusetts, is the first public high school in America, founded in 1821. Originally called The English Classical School, it was renamed The English High School upon its first relocation in 1824. The current building is located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. The school is a part of Boston Public Schools -
First Kindergarden
The First Kindergarten in Watertown, Wisconsin is the building that housed the first kindergarten in the United States, opened in 1856. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 for its significance to the history of education. This is a major event because it give so many other job opportunities, and it helps children be able to learn more before advancing into the next grade level, and find it important that they learn as much as they can before moving forward. -
Transportation and School Busing
History of Pupil Transportation In 1869 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed the first legislation in the United States allowing the use of public funds for transporting school children. By 1919, with the passage of legislation in Delaware and Wyoming, forty-eight states had enacted similar laws. This is important in history because this gives every child a chance to get to school in some type of way to get an education and to not worry about how they are going to get to school. They're safe -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on 14 November 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell. This is to be important because Ruby gave everyone the chance to meet people out of diversity. To become close and to learn and to go through experiences together.
