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The first public high school opens
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The state of Massachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all students.
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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.
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Louisville, Kentucky appoints the first superintendent
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first college for women in the U.S.
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first state funded school opens in Lexington, Massachusetts.
