Education Timeline By tyson.smith 1607 founding of jamestown colony 1635 First Latin Grammar School 1690 New England Primer 1743 American Philosophical Society 1770 Philadelphia School for African Americans 1783 american spelling book 1787 young ladies' academy of philadelphia 1821 troy female seminary 1829 New England Asylum for the blind 1839 normal school opened in Lexington, Concord 1867 Dept of Education created 1911 First Montessori School opened in America 1954 Brown v. Board of Education 1965 elementary and secondary education 1990 IDEA Act