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The first "free school" in Virginia opens. However, education in the Southern colonies is more typically provided at home by parents or tutors.
This was the beginning of division among races. The first school opened was meant to only educate white children whereas it was against the law to educate kids of African descent. -
1727 - The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is founded. A Catholic school for girls is "the oldest continuously operating school for girls and the oldest Catholic school in the United States."
Despite being located in the south where wiomen and blacks seldom received an education, this was the first free school to open up for women for all races. Photo:https://www.searchencrypt.com/images?eq=1C6IenqFfvz%2F1py35CZQRvBCDDIZ7VCWeKmqM3grrtGBZfcYPc60xk6pTi3D95I2 -
1785 - The University of Georgia becomes "America's first state-chartered university."
This is the beginning of the American public school system, Georgia university became the first school supported by the state. Photo: http://www.uga.edu/profile/history/ -
1837 - The African Institute (later called the Institute for Colored Youth) opens in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. Now called Cheyney University
What is now Cheney University, it was the first institution of higher learning for African Americans preparing them to become scholars and teachers in the areas of agriculture and arts. Photo:http://www.cheyney.edu/about-cheyney-university/cheyney-history.aspx -
1853 - Pennsylvania begins funding the Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-Minded Children, a private school for children with intellectual disabilities
This school started receiving funding to treat children various disabilities. This was the place where adults sent kids that were often shunned by society. -
1857 - The National Teachers Association (now the National Education Association) is founded by forty-three educators in Philadelphia.
The National Teachers Association was the voice of all teachers where in its beginnings it was restricted to only men with one being a black man and two women being honorary members. Photo: http://www.nea.org/archive/11608.htm -
1875 - The Civil Rights Act is passed, banning segregation in all public accommodations. The Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional in 1883.
The last congressional act for Americans regardless of race to be treated equally although it was later ruled unconstitutional. -
1944 - The G.I. Bil of Rights officially known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, is signed by FDR on June 22.
The federal government provides aid to military servicemember returning from World War II. It was call the GI Bill for short. -
1964 - The Civil Rights Act becomes law. It prohibits discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
The passing of this act ended segregation in all public places and discrimination based on sex, age, color or religion was not allowed. Photo: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act -
1989 - The University of Phoenix establishes their "online campus," the first to offer online bachelor's and master's degrees. It becomes the "largest private university in North America."
The establishment of the online campus allowed college students to take college classes over the computer in the comfort of their home.
