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- Massachusetts' Teacher Law
Massachusetts passed a law requiring all towns with 50 or more families to hire a teacher, and towns with over 100 families to build a grammar school.
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- Individual States
Individual states take control of education when the tenth amendment is ratified.
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- Oberlin College
Oberlin College becomes the first school in the U.S. to allow both men and women.
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- First Kindergarten
The first kindergarten was founded in Watertown, Wisconsin.
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- National Teacher's Association
The National Teacher's Association was founded by forty-three teachers in Philadelphia.
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- Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance is used in public schools for the first time on Columbus Day
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- Committee of Ten
The Committee of Ten is established to create the high school curriculum.
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- Loose-Leaf Paper
Richard Prentice Ettinger drills holes in paper and puts the pages in a ringed binder, using the concept of loose-leaf notebook paper for the first time.
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- Attendance Laws
Mandatory attendance laws are put in to place in every state
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- S.A.T.
The first S.A.T. is administered.
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- School Buses
Frank W. Cyr leads the national standardization of school buses.
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- Low Attendance
Schools across the country are facing problems with low attendance due to World War ll.
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- School Lunch Program
The National School Lunch Program is established to provide low-cost or free school lunches to students.
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- Overhead Projectors
(the Late 1950's)
Overhead projectors become popular in schools after being used by police and the U.S. Army.
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- Headphones
Headphones are introduced, allowing for easier access to language labs.
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- A.C.T.
The first A.C.T. test is administered.
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- Calculator
Texas Instruments introduced the first handheld calculator.
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- Scantrons
Scantrons are used to automatically grade multiple choice tests.
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- CD-Rom
The first CD-Rom was released, allowing easier access to information for students.
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- Spreadsheets
Microsoft released Spreadsheets as a way to organize data more efficiently.
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- SMART Boards
SMART Boards help link traditional learning and technology in the classroom.
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- Yahoo
Yahoo was created as an online search engine.
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- Google
Google was released in 1998 as an online search engine to help people find information quicker.
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- G.I.S.
G.I.S. is released, helping travel and geography problems in schools.
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- Blogs
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- AlphaSmart
AlphaSmart is an app that helps with word processing and is popular with teachers who work with younger writers.
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- No Child Left Behind Law
The No Child Left Behind Law set mandatory performance levels set throughout schools.
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- Wikis
Wikipedia is created, serving as a major online database.
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- Skype
Skype allowed for easier communication between classes and allowed easier flow for online classes.
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- Gmail
Gmail was first released to help allow for easier email access.
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- Internet Access
Reports show that 55% of urban homes have internet access while 41% of rural homes have it, and are often limited to dial-up access.
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- Prezi
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- Internet Access
Out of 8-18-year-olds, 88% of white students had internet access, 78% of black students had internet access, and 74% of Hispanic students had internet access.
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- Edmodo
Edmodo is an app that allows teachers to post assignments and different information.
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- iPads
1.5 million iPads are being used in schools, allowing easier access to the internet.
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