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Harvard was started
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Pennsylvania says their people can have free public education but it was only for the poor.
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The Bill of Rights became a function of the state and not of the government
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The blackboard was invented by James Pillans.
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The first American School for the Deaf was created in Hartford, Connecticut.
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In Boston English the first public high school opened
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The first school for children with visual disabilities was started in MA.
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The first college for women was started; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.
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Booker T. Washington became the first principal of a normal school in Alabama.
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Most schoolhouses were just one room for all of the grades, Little House on the Praire.
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The Vineland Training School in New Jersey started a program to help teachers who had students with disabilites
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The first Montessori school opened in Tarrytown, NY
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All States have mandated compulsory education.
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Children with disabilities were expelled for looking different than the rest.
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At Columbia University they started a course for teachers with gifted students.
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The SAT was first given out.
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Overhead projectors were spreading throughout schools.
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150 school districts were using intelligence testing to put students in academic tracks.
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The first time that a TV was in a classroom
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Supreme Court said that segregated schools are inequal.
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The ACT was first given
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Whiteboards were starting to be used in the 60s.
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The Association for Children with Learning Disabilities was started.
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Texas Instruments developed the first handheld calculator.
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Students were legally segregated in rich suburban areas.
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Education for all handicapped children was passed for it to be free if it was public.
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The Board of Hendrick Hudson Central School District vs Rowley stated that all children who qualify for special ed programs need an IEP.
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Touch typing was developed and became popular in schools.
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Laptops were invented and eased the writing of many students.
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SMART boards were invented and were starting to be used in schools.
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When the mobile smart phone was created, student engagement plummeted significantly.
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Proposition 187 passed in California meaning that children of illegal immigrants are not allowed schooling.
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Ron Unz put money towards a ballot on outlawing bilingual education in California.
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DVDs were becoming cheaper making them more appealing to have in class.
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99% of public schools had internet access.
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The No Child Left Behind Act was created and made it illegal for students with disabilities to be discriminated against.
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Books were starting to be recorded for students to listen to instead of reading.
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The iPad was a new fad and schools were getting them for students to have so that they could complete schoolwork.
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Students now have to be included on state and district-wide assessments. Their regular teachers need to be included in making the IEP.
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Schools started buying Chromebooks for every student in a public school so that they can do their homework on it.