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in 1801 James Pillans invents the modern blackboard.
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The first public high school "Boston English High School" open.
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She founds the Hartford Female Seminary, a private school just for girls.
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The state of Massachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all students.
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The first school in the U.S. for children with visual disabilities.
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appoints the first school superintendent.
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The first woman to graduate from medical school. She later becomes a pioneer in the education of women in medicine.
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The first kindergarten in the U.S. is started in Watertown, Wisconsin.
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Founded by forty-three educators in Philadelphia.
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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.