History of American Education Timeline

By mcasey15

  • Harvard College founded

    Harvard College founded

  • Orbis Pictus

    Orbis Pictus

  • The Hornbook

    The Hornbook

  • The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons founded

    The Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons founded

  • Troy Female Seminary Opens

    Troy Female Seminary Opens

  • Elizabeth Blackwell graduates medical school

    Elizabeth Blackwell graduates medical school

  • Compulsory Attendance Act

    Compulsory Attendance Act

  • First Kindergarten opens in the U.S.

    First Kindergarten opens in the U.S.

  • Dewey Decimal System

    Dewey Decimal System

  • The Committee of Ten

    The Committee of Ten

  • Tennessee v. John Scopes

    Tennessee v. John Scopes

  • United Negro College Fund

    United Negro College Fund

  • The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

    The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

  • Educational Testing Service formed

    Educational Testing Service formed

  • Brown v. The Board of Education

    Brown v. The Board of Education

  • Engel v. Vitale

    Engel v. Vitale

  • Handheld calculator invented

    Handheld calculator invented

  • The Education for the Handicapped Act

    The Education for the Handicapped Act

  • Proposition 13

    Proposition 13

  • Proposition 227

    Proposition 227