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The Common School Movement
a video on the movement and its pros and cons (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBokePYhBfY) -
the War of 1812
This war happened 8 years before the Common school movement. -
Boston English High School
This was one of the first public high schools to open in the US.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iel0aBT7qWc) -
Catherine Beecher
She opened a private all girls school -
New England Asylum for the Blind
The Perkins School for the Blind was opened in Massachusetts, becoming the first school in the U.S for students with disabilities -
Horace Mann
Secretary of the newly formed Massachusetts State Board of Education. -
The African Institute
Opened in Cheyney, Pennsylvania and is now called Cheyney University, it the oldest institution of higher learning for African Americans. -
Roberts v. City of Boston
The Massachusetts Supreme Court rules that the Boston Public Schools can deny enrolment of African American children to segregated, "whites-only" schools. -
The University of Iowa
the first state university to admit men and women on an equal basis. -
The National Teachers Association
was founded by 43 educators in Philadelphia -
