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The first school was established in 1635, it was known as the Boston Latin School
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During this time period public schools did not get much attention. Most schools charged tuition and often only were there for specific groups of people. Mostly for the male kids of wealthy white families.
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There are many competing stories about when the chalkboard actually first came to the United States, but it is known that by 1809 it was heavily prevalent in city schools such as Boston and New York
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By the end of the 1830's, roughly over half of American children ages 5-14 were in public schools
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Hoarace Mann , a legislator from Massachusetts begins to advocate for "common schools"
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Public School as an idea begin to take hold in America
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Cities, with more resources to help fund the schools, showed more increases in public school numbers than that of rural towns and communities.
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By 1870, nearly 78 percent of kids were enrolled in a public school
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Despite high primary school enrollments, high school enrollment was still extremely low
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Thomas Edison states that soon "Books will be obsolete in schools. Education will be different in a decade or so"
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Th filmstrip projector is created. It will go on to be an influential piece of education in the ensuing decades.
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The overhead projector is created
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Computers are first brought into classrooms and become a key component to education in the decades following