education history

By k&m

  • Harvard College,

    the first higher education institution in what is now the United States, is established in Newtowne (now Cambridge), Massachusetts

  • first mandatory attendance law.

    By 1885, 16 states have compulsory-attendance laws, but most of those laws are sporadically enforced at best. All states have them by 1918

  • Boston Public Library

    opens to the public. It is the first "free municipal library" in the U.S.

  • The National Teachers Association

    (now the National Education Association) is founded by forty-three educators in Philadelphia

  • Department of Education

    created in order to help states establish effective school systems.

  • National Education Association

    establish a standard secondary school curriculum, the Committee of Ten, recommends a college-oriented high school curriculum

  • Association of American Universities

    founded to promote higher standards and put U.S. universities on an equal footing with their European counterparts.

  • Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

    first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test.

  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

    federal funds to help lower income student

  • Public Law 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),

    renames and amends Public Law 94-142. In addition to changing terminology from handicap to disability, it mandates transition services and adds autism and traumatic brain injury to the eligibility list.