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Education
Education during this time was growing to reach more people. There were many schools opening. There were many new things that education had not seen yet and many things that shaped our education system today -
English Grammar Schools
Schools that accepted pupils, generally starting at age 7 or 8, who had previously received instruction in English. http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Fa-Gr/Grammar-School.html#:~:text=Grammar%20schools%20were%20formally%20introduced,previously%20received%20instruction%20in%20English. -
Itinerant Schools
Teachers moved village to village schooling. The teachers lived in people’s homes. These were traveling teachers. http://teachersnetwork.org/everywhere/Brady/mod2.5ahistoryoverview_2.5a.htm -
Noah Webster
He fought for an American Language. He also fought for copyright laws. He focused on a strong federal government and an universal education. He wrote textbooks, edited magazines, and he corresponded with men like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. https://noahwebsterhouse.org/noahwebsterhistory/#:~:text=Noah%20Webster%20accomplished%20many%20things,and%20the%20abolition%20of%20slavery. -
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Emma Willard
Founded Troy Female Seminary which was the first school for young women in the United States. She wrote A Plan for Improving Female Education. https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/emma-hart-willard/#:~:text=A%20pioneer%20in%20women's%20education,a%20family%20that%20valued%20education. -
The Blackboard
The blackboard was invented when a headmaster and geography teacher named James Pillans hung a large piece of slate on the classroom wall. The first American blackboard occurred at West Point. https://resilienteducator.com/classroom-resources/the-history-of-the-classroom-blackboard/#:~:text=In%201801%2C%20the%20rather%20obvious,slate%20on%20the%20classroom%20wall. -
Yale Reports of 1828
This is one of the most important documents in American higher education. It established the parameters of liberal education for much of the 19th century. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/704857#:~:text=The%20Yale%20Reports%20of%201828,the%20past%20or%20the%20future. -
Prudence Crandall
She defied racial discrimination when she opened one of the first schools for African American girls in Connecticut. She was named Connecticut’s state heroine. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/prudence-crandall