Education TimeLine

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    First Latin Grammar School (Boston Latin School)

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    The first "free school" in Virginia opens

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    Harvard College the first higher education insitution

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    Hartford Public High School opens in Hartford, Connecticut

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    The College of William and Mary is established in Virginia

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    The Ursuline Academy of New Orleans is founded

    Catholic School for girls
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    Benjamin Franklin helps establish the first English Academy in Philadelphia

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    St. Matthew Lutheran School was established

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    The University of Georgia became Americas first state chartered university

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    The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia

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    James Pillans invents the modern blackboard

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    Boston English High School is established

    One of the first public high schools
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    Louisville, Kentucky appoints the first school superintendent

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    The first state funded school specifically for teacher education opens in Lexington, Massachusetts

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    Boston Public Library opens to Public