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Lancasterian Model
Lancasterian model introduced, one headmaster can teach hundreds of students at a time. Master gives a lesson to the older students who then pass it down to the younger kids. Exercise discipline so they will be good workers. -
Boston Town Meeting
Free public schools proposed at a Boston town meeting, many wage earners oppose it because they don't want to pay the taxes. -
The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons
The first permanent school for people who are deaf was founded in the U.S. by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. -
Public High School
First public high school opens in the U.S. in Boston. Boston English High School. -
Public High School into Law
The state of Massachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 people to have a public highschool open to all students free of charge. -
Asylum for the Blind
The New England Asylum for the Blind, now the Perkins School for the Blind, opens in Massachusetts, becoming the first school in the U.S. for children with visual disabilities. -
Southern States
Southern states still forbid slaves to read, but 5% of them become literate anyway at great personal risk. -
First Secular Textbooks
William Holmes McGuffey's readers is published. They have a secular tone which sets them apart from the Puritan texts of the day. They are the most influential textbooks of the 19th century.
