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Colonial Period
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History of American Education
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Henry Dunster becomes president of Harvard College.
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The First most widely used schoolbook was printed in New England. It was known as the New England Primer.
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The College of William and Mary is established in Virginia. It is the second college to open in colonial America and has the distinction of being Thomas Jefferson's college.
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Christopher Dock a famous educator, opens a school in Montgomery County, PA.
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Benjamin Franklin helps to establish the first "English Academy" in Philadelphia with a curriculum that is both classical and modern.
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St. Matthew Lutheran School, one of the first Lutheran "charity schools" in North America, is founded in New York City by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, after whom Muhlenberg College in Allentown Pennsylvania is named.
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Noah Webster writes a book known as " A Grammatical Institute of the English Language", because he was not satisfied with the English textbooks.
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The blackboard was invented by James Pillans.
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The first public high school, Boston English High School, opens.
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The New England Asylum for the Blind opens, now the Perkins School for the Blind. It was the frist school for blind in the U.S.
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Eighty students arrive at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, the first college for women in the U.S.
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The Boston Public Library opens to the public.
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The first kindergarten in the U.S. is started in Watertown, Wisconsin, founded by Margarethe Schurz.
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Joliet Junior College, in Joliet, Illinois, opens. It is the first public community college in the U.S.
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The International Council for Exceptional Children is founded at Columbia University Teachers College
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The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test.
Reference http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/educationhistorytimeline.html
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The 79th Congress approves the National School Lunch Act.
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The U.S. Supreme Court announces its decision in the case of Brown v. Board. of Education of Topeka, ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."
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The Higher Education Act is signed at Southwest Texas State College.
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Michael Hart, founder of Project Guttenberg, invents the e-Book.
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The Higher Education Act is again amended and reauthorized, expanding access to higher education for low and middle income students, providing additional funds for graduate studies, and increasing accountability.
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No Child Left Behind Act
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