1880-1921

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    1880-1921

  • brooker T. Washingston becomes the first principal of Tuskegee University

    brooker T. Washingston becomes the first principal of Tuskegee University

  • first practical fountain pen is patented

    first practical fountain pen is patented

  • Hatch Act passed (establishes a network of agricultural experiement stations connected to lnad grant universities established under the Morril Act)

    establishs a network of agricutlural experiments stations connected to land grant universities established under the Morril Act

  • John Dewey publishes his first book on education

    John Dewey publishes his first book on education

  • Jane Addams founds Hull House (a settlement house that includes a kindergarden for young children)

    Jane Addams founds Hull House (a settlement house that includes a kindergarden for young children)
    Jane Addams foudned the Hull House, which is a settlement House that includes a Kindergarden for young children.

  • Maria Montessori earns degree in medicine and begins to work with children with learning disablilties

    Maria Montessori earns degree in medicine and begins to work with children with learning disablilties

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson (allows "separate but equal" policy in schools)

    allows "separate but equal" policy in schools

  • Joliet Junior College is opened as the first public community college

    Joliet Junior College is opened as the first public community college

  • compulsory school attendence law passed

  • American Federation of Teachers Union created

    American Federation of Teachers Union created

  • uniform textbook state law passed

  • Smith-Hughes Act (established federal funds to support vocational education)

  • America enters WWI

  • end of WWI