Education's History

By SM113

  • First Public School

    The first school in Boston, MA opens it's doors.

  • New Law Passed

    A law passed in Massachusetts requires towns with fifty or more families to hire a teacher, and towns with a hundred or more families to build a grammar school

  • Chalkboard introduced

    James Pillans discovers the use of chalk on a blackboard.

  • Birth of Teacher's Union

    The National Teachers Association was created to give educators a united front.

  • Hull House Founded

    Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded Hull House in Chicago. Here is where educational programs were created, cared for neglected babies, started and offered Kindergarten and supported laws ending child labor.

  • Pledge of Allegiance

    The Pledge of Allegiance was first used in a public school.

  • Free Public Schooling

    All states have laws requiring it is mandatory schooling for children to go to school through elementary.

  • Pierce vs Society of Sisters

    Supreme Court ruled that children can attend a private school instead of a public school.

  • School Lunch For All

    National School Lunch Act expands access to school lunch for everyone. Low income families qualified for reduced or free lunches.

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Separate is not equal. Supreme Court outlaws segregation.

  • Title IX Becomes Law

    This law prohibits discrimination based on sex. Equal treatment and opportunity for girls in school athletics.

  • Lau vs Nichols

    Expands the rights to students who have limited English skills to receive an education.

  • No Child Left Behind

    President George W. Bush signed this into law. It increased the funding for education

  • Getting Connected

    All American schools have access to the internet

  • Virtual Schools

    State virtual schools exist in twenty-five states by the beginning of the 2013–14 school year
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    Cited sources

    50 Facts and Events in U.S. Education History:
    https://blog.connectionsacademy.com/50-facts-and-events-in-u-s-education-history/
    Moments that Changed Public Education:
    http://www.collinsblaha.com/pdfs/education-reform/Timeline-Moments-that-Changed-Public-Education.pdf