Education timeline

By Adriannamarie42
  • First public school

    First public school

  • Harvard College

    Harvard College

    First higher education institute in Newtowne (Cambridge), Mass.
  • Massachusetts Law of 1647

    Massachusetts Law of 1647

    Every town of at least 50 families must hire a schoolmaster. 100 families should have a latin grammar schoolmaster.

  • Massachusetts passes law

    of population more than 500 to have a highschool

  • 1st Normal school

    1st state funded school for teacher education opens in Lexington, Massachusetts.

  • 1st Mandatory Attendance Law

    16 states by 1885, by 1918 all states have them.
  • The Binet-Simon Scale

    The Binet-Simon Scale

    Intelligence test created by Alfred Binet.
  • 1st woman to attend MIT

    1st woman to attend MIT

    Ellen Swallow Richards, most known for founding Home EC.
  • Period: to

    WW1

  • Army Alpha and Beta Test

    Army Alpha and Beta Test

    An Army Intelligence test.
  • Transportation Laws

    Transportation Laws

    All states have laws providing funds for the transporting of children to and from school.
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    Great Depression

  • Period: to

    WWII

  • Period: to

    Baby Boomers

    A time span in which optimism as well as he population grew in the country.

  • Brown V. Board of education

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine