history of education timeline By addison.tidwell 1635 first latin grammar school 1636 harvard college 1642 massachusetts bay law school 1698 charles town, south carolina public library 1770 Philadelphia school for african americans 1787 young ladies academy of Philadelphia 1821 english classical high school 1829 new england asylum for the blind 1852 massachusetts compulsory attendance act 1944 G.I Bill signed by president Franklin D. Roosevelt 1954 brown v. board of education 1968 bilingual education act 1975 education of all handicapped children act 1990 individuals with disabilities education act 2001 no child left behind act