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Feb 9, 1455
The Gutenberg Bible is printed
Library of Congress Gutenberg Bible The first major book ever printed, this book began bringing the printed word to everyone. -
School Establishment Act
Origins of Compulsary Education Scotland enacts the first law requiring publicly funded schools to be established all across the country and that they be open to all. -
Boston Latin School Founded
Boston Latin School The oldest public school in America, the Boston Latin School was founded. -
King William's School is established
St. John's College History In 1696 King Williams's School, the first school in Maryland is established. The school is later incorperated into St. John's College. -
First School for the Deaf in the world is established
L'historique Founded in Paris by Charles-Michel de l'Épée the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris is the first school in the world to teach people who are Deaf. -
Friedrich Froebel creates Kindergarten
Friedrich Froebel Froebel establishes his Play and Activity Institute which in 1840 he renames Kindergarten. -
Massachusetts becomes the first US state to have mandatory school attendance laws
Massachusetts Educational History In 1852 Massachusetts becomes the first state in the United States to have laws requiring mandatory school attendance laws. -
Department of Education Created
US Dept. of Education President Andrew Johnson signs legistlation creating the US Department of Education. -
Mary Ellen Wilson Animal Abuse Case
Link to ASPCA history of Mary Ellen Wilson Mary Ellen Wilson was a child being abused in NYC. At the time there were not any child protection laws so the ASPCA took up the case as an animal abuse case. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Ed In May of 1954 the US Supreme Court ruled that segregation in US schools was illegal.