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First Latin grammar school in US opens
Location: Boston, Massachusetts -
Harvard University is created
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First publicly supported library created
Charles Town, SC -
Thomas Jefferson proposes two track educational system
One track for laborers and one track for the educated -
Young Ladies Academy opens
Young Ladies Academy in Philadelphia becomes the first American academy for girls -
Bill of Rights passed
Makes education the responsibility of the state and not the federal government -
First public high school opens
Boston, Massachusetts -
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary opens
First US college for women -
First state funded school for teacher education opens
Lexington, Ma -
Bible riots
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Boston Public Library opens
First free public library in US -
Comumbia Istitute for deaf and dumb and blind is authorized to award college degrees
This becomes the world's first college for people with disabilities -
Department of Education created
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First Ed Phych textbook published
Louisa Hopkins -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Upholds seperate but equaal -
First American Montessori school is created
Tarrytown, NY -
Acheivement tests are used on a large scale for the first time
New York City, NY -
Psychology of Education: The Psychology of Learning is published
By Edward Thorndike -
American Federation of Teachers founded
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First Large scale IQ testing of adults takes place
Us WWI recruits -
All US states passed mandatory school attendance laws
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Tennessee vs John Scopes
Scopes is convicted for teaching evolution -
SATs introduced
Scholastic aptitude tests is administered for the first time -
GED established
General Equivalency Diploma -
"Science and Human Behavior" published
B.F. Skinner pushes operant conditioning -
Brown vs Board of Education
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Little Rock 9
Federal Troops enforce the integration at Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas -
ACT first administered
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"Developmental Psychology of Jean Piaget" is published by John Flavell
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Elementary and secondary education act is enacted
Seeks to improve education standards in low income areas -
"Toward a theory of Instruction" published
Writtem by Jerome Bruner "Toward a theory of Instruction" introduces cognitive learning -
US supreme court rules that forbiding the teaching of evolution is unconstitutional
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Herbert H Krohl's "The Open Classroom"
Promotes open education -
Title IX enacted
Prevents discrimination for educational programs which receive federal funding -
US department of education becomes cabinet position
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US Board of Education vs Pico
Supreme court rules schools cannot remove books from library due to offensive content -
Supreme court invalidates "Creationism Act"
Violates the first amendment -
"A Nation at Risk" published
Calls for major educational reform -
Tim Berners-Lee creates internet
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Americans with disabilities act
States that students with disabilities can't be discriminated against -
First charter school created
City Acedemic High School located in Michigan -
Columbine
2 students commit shooting spree at school killed 15 -
US supreme court rules that voucher programs aren't unconstitutional
They don't violate the first amendment -
No Child Left Behind goes into effect