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Harvard is established in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Boston English High School was one of the first public high schools to open in the United States.
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Horace Mann pushed to provide all students with a free education.
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The first college to admit both men and women was Oberlin College.
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The Supreme Court rules “separate but equal” policies legal.
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Progressive Education strived to meet every child as an individual. John Dewey argued that democracy should be prominent in the classroom
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Brown vs. Board of Education overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson. Brown vs. Board of Education took segregation out of schools.
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The ACT test is first administered.
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This required common curriculum and statewide tests in Massachusetts. Many states followed and implemented other testing programs.
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The No Child Left Behind Act mandates student testing. It held schools accountable for how students learned.
