Education throughout the centuries

By britney.phan
  • Christopher Dock arrived in Germany and opened a school in Montgomery County

    Christopher Dock arrived in Germany and opened a school in Montgomery County

  • The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is found.

    This is a Catholic school for girls.
  • Benjamin Franklin helped establish the first English Academy

    Benjamin Franklin helped establish the first English Academy

  • Christopher Dock's book is published

    This is the first book about teaching that is printed in colonial America.

  • The University of Georgia became America's first state charted universirty.

  • James Pilans invented the modern blackboard

    James Pilans invented the modern blackboard

  • The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb People opened.

  • The Boston English High school opened

    This is one of the first public high schools in the US.
  • Massachusetts passes a law.

    Massachusetts passes a law.

    This law requires towns of more than 500 families to have a public school

  • Oberlin College admits its first group of women

    This is the first college to become coeducational.
  • Joliet Junior college opens

    Joliet Junior college opens

    This is the first public community college to open in the US.

  • Columbus Ohio School Board creates Junior High Schools

  • The Smith-Hughes Act passes

    This provided federal funding for agricultural education.

  • The Great depression begins

    Public education funding suffers

  • 78- million baby boomers are born

    This generation grows the populations in schools.

  • The higher education act is again amended

  • The Higher Education Opportunity Act is passed

    This law included major changes in student loans.

  • Alabama became the first state to require public schools to check the immigration status of students

  • "No child left behind" laws were approved

    "No child left behind" laws were approved

  • Minnesota state high school league votes on December 4 to allow a policy allowing transgender students to join female sports