American education

History of American Education

By eli4138

  • First Public School

    First free school in Virginia, although custome to teach in home or tutor.

  • First Latin Grammar School

    First Latin Grammar School
    Designed for sons of certain social classes who are destined for leadership positions in church, states, or the courts.

  • First Higher Education Institution

    First Higher Education Institution
    Harvard College established in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

  • Massachusetts Law of 1647

    Decrees every town of at least 50 people hire a school master to teach children to read and write.

  • College of William and Mary

    College of William and Mary
    Second college to open in colonial America.

  • Public Library

    First publicly supported library established in Charles Town, South Carolina.

  • English Academy

    English Academy
    Benjamin Franklin Establishes first English Academy with a curriculum that is both classical and modern.

  • Two-track education system

    Thomas Jefferson proposes two-track education system, different tracks for laboring and the learned.

  • First Ladies Academy

    First Ladies Academy
    Opens in Philadelphia, fist academy for girls in America.

  • Mount Holyoke Female Seminary

    First college for women established by Mary Lyon.

  • Modern blackboard

    Modern blackboard
    James Pillan invents the modern blackboard.

  • Boston Engliah High School

    Boston Engliah High School
    First public high school.

  • Massachusett Law

    Masachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families have a public high school open to all students.

  • African Institute

    Oldest institution of higher education for African Americans.

  • Normal Schools

    First state funded school specifically for teacher education established in Lexington, Massachusetts.

  • Mandatory Attendance Law

    Massachusetts enacts first mandatory attendance law.

  • Lincoln University

    Lincoln University
    First institution any where in the world to provide higher education in the arts and science for male youth of African decent.

  • First Kindergarten

    First Kindergarten in the U.S.

  • National Teacher Association

    National Teacher Association, now National Education Association, founded for 43 educators in Philadelphia.

  • Department of Educaation

    The Department of Education is created to help states establisheffective school systems.