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Harvard Founded
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Massachusettes Act
First laws enacted reguarding education. -
Compulsary Education Laws
All towns with 50 or more must hire a teacher. -
New England 1650
Reading materials are very few, textbook are The Bible and Hornbook. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau has a different philosphy about education and believes that children should be allowed to develop naturally and schools were not needed. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
specifies western territories must be divided into townships and public schools set up -
First Academy for Girls Opens
Philadelphia, Academy for wealthy girls -
Taxes For Public Education
Massachusetts is the first state to use tax revenue to finance public education -
BIll of Rights
Although there is no mention of education, the states gain the power over education, not the government. -
Dictionary of the English Language
Webster’s A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language , a 400-pagevolume that defined 40,000 words, was published in 1806. -
Normal School Act
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School in New Britian
220 studens admitted of equal and opposite sexes. -
State Board of Education
State Board of Education is Formed. -
Free Public Education
Public Education in Elementary School is free. -
All High School Education is Free
High school educatin is also free -
Northern Securities Co. v. U.S.
Supreme court case that dissolved the Northern Securities Co, a trust company with a railroad monopoly in the West -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) was organized
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17th Admendment
calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of their election by state legislatures -
National Education Association’s Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education
7 specific goals of education
Designed for the “new” high schools (H.S) of the time
Attendance in High Schools grew after World War I -
19th Amendment
extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections