Educations in the 18th century

By jsalda03

  • 1801 - James Pillans

    in 1801 James Pillans invents the modern blackboard.

  • 1821 - Boston English High School

    The first public high school "Boston English High School" open.

  • 1823 - Catherine Beevher

    She founds the Hartford Female Seminary, a private school just for girls.

  • 1827 - Massachusetts passes a law.

    The state of Massachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all students.

  • 1829 - New England Asylum for the Blind

    The first school in the U.S. for children with visual disabilities.

  • 1837 - Louisville, Kentucky

    appoints the first school superintendent.

  • 1849 - Elizabeth Blackwell

    The first woman to graduate from medical school. She later becomes a pioneer in the education of women in medicine.

  • 1856 - Margarethe Schurz

    The first kindergarten in the U.S. is started in Watertown, Wisconsin.

  • 1857 - The National Teachers Association.

    Founded by forty-three educators in Philadelphia.

  • 1859 - Charles Darwin's

    The Origin of Species is published on November 24,introducing his theory that species evolve through the process of natural selection, and setting the stage for the controversy surrounding teaching the theory of evolution in public schools that persists to this day.