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In 1827 Massachusetts said towns that had more than 500 families were to have a public high school opened for all kids.
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The first coeducational public high school opened in Massachusetts.
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The first coeducational college opened in Ohio.
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Mann becomes secreatary of Massachusetts Board of Education. He also pushes for the government and parents to pay for schooling.
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The first African AMerican Institute opens in Cheyenne, PA. It is the oldest institute for African Americans.
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The first state funded school opened in Lexington, Massachusetts. They are also known as normal schools.
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Massachusetts starts the first law where kids between 8 and 14 are required to go to school three months of the year.
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The first US kindergarten is funded in Wisconsin.
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The Department of Education starts in order to help keep effective school systems.
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IN 1873, Mevil Dewey creates the system but it isn't until 1876 where is it published. It is the most used library classification system.
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The first school for Indians is opened in Carlise, PA. It was used to try to start modernizing the Indians.
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It is founded by Califonia Governor in memory of his son.
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The Committee of Ten is founded by the National Education Association to recommend a college oriented curicullum in high schools.
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It stated that seperate but equal facilities for different races were okay to have.
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It was created to imporve how teaching was done. The Foundation still is working today.
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A group of Stanford graduates start the idea of the intelligence test. Also the Binet-Simmon Scale is completed by the group,
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All states in the Uninted States pass laws allowing public funds to support the transportation of school children.
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The Progressive Education Association is started. It tries to promote children to be independent thinkers, to becreative, and to express their own emties and ideas.
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The SAT test is first administered. It is based off of the Army Alpha Test.
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When the Great Depression began and the stock market crashed, funding for schools decreased greatly. Many schools were closed, teachers were laid off, and there were lower salaries.
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Frank W. Cyr organizes a confrence on student transportation to school. This is when the first standards for the school bus are recognized and the color yellow is decided for buses.
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The 79th Congress passes the National School Lunch Act. This act approves of school lunch programs and gives low price or free lunches to students.
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It took back what was said in PLessy vs Ferguson. It stated that serparate but equal is not right.
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Nine Africn American students take their first day of high school at Central High. It is the first step of intergrating high schools. The students are escorted in by federal troops.
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The ACT test is first administered.
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This association is still used today. Over half of all students in the US today are recieving special education because of their learning disabilities.
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The first handheld line of technology such as calculators are released.
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Teach for America is started and it reestablished the ideas from National Teacher Corps.
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CompuHigh is the first online high school to start. It changes education extremely.
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The Higher Education Act requires instittutions to start creating and handing out report cards.
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No Child Left Behind is approved by Congress and signed by George W. Bush.
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Provides over 90 bllion dollars for education spending.