History of Education Gage Otte

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  • First Public School

    First Public School
    Boston Latin school becomes first public school. The boys only school was led by school master Philemon Pormont.

  • First Co-Education College

    First Co-Education College
    Oberlin College is the first college to admit boys and girls. Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio

  • First Kindergarten

    First Kindergarten
    The first kindergarten is founded by Margarethe Meyer Schurz in Watertown, Wisconsin

  • Mandatory Attendance

    Mandatory Attendance
    Mandatory attendance laws are in place in all states. Compulsory attendance laws are crafted by each state to require school attendance for children of certain ages.

  • School Transportation

    School Transportation
    All states are providing public funding for school transportation

  • SAT

    SAT
    The very first Scholastic Aptitude Test was administered to 8,000 students on June 23, 1926.

  • School Lunches

    School Lunches
    The school lunch program is created to provide low cost or free lunch for students in need

  • ACT

    ACT
    The ACT was introduced in 1959 by University of Iowa professor Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the Scholastic Aptitude Test

  • Online Schooling

    Online Schooling
    CompuHigh-Whitmore School is the world's first online high school founded in 1994.

  • Common Core

    Common Core
    Common core state standards is launched asking students to solve problems differently than usual. This is a very sensitive subject when it comes to politics.