History of Education

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  • Harvard College

    oldest institution of higher learning

  • Old Deluder Satan Laq

    required parents to ensure childs ability to read.

  • Philadelphia School for African Americans

    first african american school

  • American Spelling Book by Noah Webster

    first "dictionary"

  • Troy Female Seminary

    first secondary school for females

  • English Classical School

    first public high school

  • McGuffey Reader

    first childrens textbook

  • Massachusetts Compulsory Attendance Act

    required every town and city to offer primary school

  • Elizabeth Peabodys Boston Kindergarten

    first english language kindergarten in U.S.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    stopped segregation in schools

  • Bilingual Education Act

  • Education of the Handicapped Children Act

  • A Nation At Risk

  • No Child Left Behind Act

  • Every Student Succeeds Act