Education in America

240 years of teaching

Period: Jan 1, 1635 to Oct 19, 1976

1635 Pilgrims establish the first public school in the American Colonies

Oct 19, 1635

Harvard is the first university of higher learning in america

Oct 19, 1636

Oct. 19th disclaimer!! :)

Oct 19, 1700

All entries with the date october 19 should be noted for the year only

Philadelphia Academy opened by Benjamin Franklin

Oct 19, 1751

Thomas Jefferson submits bill for public school system

Oct 19, 1779

Although voted down by Virginian legislators. Jefferson laid the foundation of what would become our modern school system.

Noah Webster produces his first text

Oct 19, 1783

Massachusetts and Conecticut require any town with more than 500 families to build a High school

Oct 19, 1800

Thomas Jefferson oversees the construction of Virginias first University

Mar 29, 1819

1840s, Horace Mann and Henry Barnard helped create school systems in Massachusetts and Connecticut that further increased teacher training and pay.

Oct 19, 1840

In most states, teachers by this time needed to take a test for certification that licensed them to teach.

William Mcguffey produces first text book "Reader"

Oct 19, 1841

National Teachers Association formed and was the largest labor union in the United States.

Oct 19, 1857

Justin Morrill sponsors the Morril Land-Grant

Oct 19, 1862

a bill that allows the selling of public lands to pay for higher learning institutes

15 states pass laws prohibiting teaching evolution

Oct 19, 1925

F.D.R. 's "New Deal" propses educational reforms as well as social and economic

Jul 2, 1932

FSA Federal Security Act is established

Jul 1, 1939

Part of Roosevelts "New Deal" plan witch governed Vocational Rehabilitation, or Adult education

Brown Vs. Board of education

May 19, 1954

The supreme court made the monumentous desicion segregation is "unconstitutional

Armed U.S. troops oversee the intergration of Littlerock Centeral Highschool

Sep 25, 1957