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Boston Latin School
First American school in the american colonies -
Compulsory Education Law
Massachusetts Bay Colony passes law that requires parents to teach their children how to read -
New England Primer
New England Primer is the first textbook that was printed in boston. Most widely used textbook in New England -
College of William and Mary
Established in Virgin. Second college to open in colonial America. -
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Noah Webster
Noah Webster was not satisfied with the textbooks they had and wrote the Grammatical Institute of the English Language including three volumes which was a spelling book, grammar book, and a reader. became widely used in the united states. -
Blackboard
James Pillans invents the modern blackboard -
First Mandatory Attendance Law
Massachusetts enacts First Mandatory Attendance Law. All states have it by 1918 -
Joliet Junior College
First public community college in the US -
Teacher of the Deaf Act
designed to train teachers to educate students who are deaf