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First public school opened in United States
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Harvard Named as first college
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First Academy for Girls Established
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First Chalkboards arise in West Point Military Academy
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First Deaf school established
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Susie Taylor opened a school for African American Children.
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College entrance exams proposed by Harvard President Charles Williams Eliot
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compulsory attendance ages 8-14
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Every State required students to complete elementary school
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Outlawed Segregation in schools with Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case.
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Little rock nine - Little Rock, Arkansas
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segregation in schools ended
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Technology started coming about in classrooms
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No child left behind act- every student must be tested in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in highschool
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Oregon teachers walking out of schools
They aren't asking for raises, they want more counselors, librarians, more funds for supplies, more nurses. https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/08/us/oregon-teachers-walkout/index.html