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The Massachusetts Law of 1647
Every town of at least 50 people get one schoolmaster to teach the children how to read and write. Every town of at least 100 people should have a Latin schoolmaster who prepares students to attend Harvard.
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English Academy
Benjamin Franklin helps create the English Academy, which is located in Philadelphia. The curriculum includes history, geography, navigation, surveying, and teaches classical language.
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The Young Ladies Academy
Located in Philadelphia and becomes the first school for females in the 13 colonies.
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The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons
This is the first permanent school for the deaf in the US. The school's co-founders are Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. Eventually, Edward Miner Gallaudet helps to start Gallaudet University which is the first college specifically for deaf students.
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The New England Asylum for the Blind
The Perkins School for the Blind opens in Massachusetts. It eventually becomes the first school in the US for children with visual disabilities.
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The African Institute
The African Institute opens in Cheyney, Pennsylvania and is the oldest school of higher learning for African Americans.
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Roberts v. City of Boston
In this legal case, the Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that any Boston Public School can deny any enrollment of an African American child. This is due to segregated, "whites-only" schools.
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The University of Iowa
This is the first state university to admit both men and women on an equal basis.
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The Meharry Medical College
This college was founded in Nashville and was the first medical school in the south for African Americans.
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The Joliet Junior College
The first ever public community college in the United States was the Joliet Junior College which was located in Joliet, Illinois.
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