Education By isaah Apr 23, 1635 Boston Latin School 1636 Harvard College was founded by the Massachusetts General Court in Cambridge, Massachusetts 1852 The Massachusetts Compulsory Attendance Act 1867 President Andrew Johnson signed legislation creating the first Department of Education 1881 the Tuskegee Institute was founded by Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Oct 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I 1965 The Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1972 Title IX of the Education Amendments was enacted 2001 The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act