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Many years passed through the Civil War, which affected and placed a gap in education.
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James Pillans invented the blackboard.
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The 1st permanent school for deaf opens. (The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Dumb Persons) Founded by, Gallaudet, he later opened Gallaudet University.
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The 1st public high school opens. (Bostobn English High School)
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Hartford Female Seminary, a private school for girls was founded.
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Massachusetts passed a law that requires towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all families.
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The African Institute opened Cheyney University, a higher learning for African Americans.
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Massachusetts enacts the first attendance law.
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The 1st kindergarten in the U.S is started in Watertown, Wisconsin.
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Jane Adamd snd her college friend opened Hull House, a place that offered educational services to European immigrants.
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Stanford University is founded.