Interactive Timeline

By Annastacia Ramos
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    Education Timeline

  • The Colonial Period (1607-1775) - Roots of American Education Begin

  • Harvard University is established

  • Massachusetts Act of 1647 (Old Deluder Satan Act)

  • The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg, Virginia.

  • In October, Yale College is founded in Connecticut.

  • University of Pennsylvania is established

  • Princeton University is established

  • Columbia University is established

  • Early National Period (1775-1820) Brown University was established

  • Dartmouth College is established

  • Land Ordinance of 1785 passed, federal gov't established role for itself in public education

  • The Constitution is ratified and separates church and state

  • Common School Movement (1820-1865) - Boston established first English Classical School

  • Horace Mann was appointed Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education

  • First compulsory school attendance law

  • Cornell University is established

  • NEA appointed group: The Committee of Ten

  • First junior high school opened in Columbus Ohio

  • Tribal schools opened

  • Hand-held calculators are introduced