Education Timeline

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  • 17th Century

  • First free school opens in Virgina

    Its important to me because its giving even the poor an opportunity to learn.

  • First Latin Grammar School

    I think its important to have a Latin grammar school since at this time so much movement was happening between america and Europe and other Latin countries. so they needed to learn the language.

  • Harvard, The First higher education institution

    I think its very important to have Harvard on here because while it was the first "college" established ever its also still used and is an Ivy League school.

  • Henry Dunster Became President of Harvard Institute

    I think this is important because he went on teach every single class at Harvard he was a big reason s to why Harvard was the way it was and helped shape the way Harvard continue to grow and eventually find new staff to help with the curriculum.

  • First Publicly supported Library

    I think this is important because at the time a lot of people couldn't read or were not trying to read so the fact the library was supported and probably used a lot is absolutely a great part of education history.

  • 18th century

  • The Ursiline Academy of New Orleans

    This was the first ever catholic church school and i think it was very important to establish this so that religious people had a good school to go to for them.

  • Benjamin Franklin establishes "English Academy"

    I think this important because its like the first school where anyone who lives in america is welcome which i think is very inclusive of immigrants.

  • Noah Webster "Grammatical Institute of the English Language"

    I think this was important because it was the beginning of getting everyone in america to know/ understand English.

  • The University of Georgia becomes the "first state chartered school"

    I think this is important because i think of it kind of as the beginning of more school spread out across the united states.

  • The University of North Carolina becomes the first school to award Degrees in the 18th century

    I think this is important because it kind of marks where people started to do jobs because they went to school for them as well as getting a degree is something we still do now.

  • 19th Century

  • James Pillans Invents modern Blackboard

    I think this important because its something teachers used for centuries to write down school lessons and used as a learning tool for centuries.

  • Boston English Highschool

    I think this school is important because it is the first public high school in the U.S. tats i think that its extremely important to have public high schools.

  • Perkins School for The Blind

    I think this is extremely important because its the first school for the visually disabled.

  • Oberlin College admits 1st group of women

    I think this important because this was womens start at a higher level education.

  • Phebe Stuioh becomes first female superintendent

    This is important because it paves the way for women to have jobs in the education system.

  • 20th Century

  • Joliet Junior College is the first community college

    i think this important because it gives less fortunate people with less money a better opportunity at getting s higher level education.

  • Smith-Hughes Smith Act is passed

    This is important to me because this act passed funding for agriculture and vocational education which is something im passionate about.

  • Scholastic Aptitude Test

    This is important because it becomes the new education standard for many years.

  • National School Lunch Act

    This is important because it gave students a chance to have lunch in school everyday.

  • Bilingual Education Act

    This is important because it gives bilingual students a chance to learn equally as much as any other student.