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A Mennonite and one of Pennsylvania's most famous educators, arrived from Germany and later opened a school in Montgomery Country, PA. Dock's book, Schul-Ordnung was published and was the first book about teaching printed in colonial America.
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A catholic school opened for girls, it is the oldest continuously operating school for girls and the oldest catholic school in the United States.
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Benjamin Franklin helped to establish this school in Philosophical Society with a curriculum that is both classical and modern. Including courses like history, geography, navigation, surveying and modern as well as classical languages.
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One of the first Lutheran " parish schools" in North America. It was founded in New York City by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
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Opens in Philadelphia and becomes the first academy for girls in the original 13 colonies/states
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One of the first public high schools to open in the U.S.
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The state of Massachusetts passed a law requiring towns more than 500 families to have a public high school to open to all students.
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Now the Perkins School for the blind, opens in Massachusetts, becoming the first school in the U.S. for children with visual disabilities.
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First school superintendent in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Admits its first group of women. It is the first college in the United States to become coeducational.
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in joliet, Illinois opens they opened their first public community college in the U.S.
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This act was passed to provide federal funding for agriculture and vocational education.
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All states have laws providing funds for transporting kids to school.
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Twelve African American students, known as the clinton 12 successfully integrate Clinton High School in Clinton Tennessee.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Schools were closed as the nation mourns its loss. Lyndon Johnson became president.
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Is reauthorized and signed into law on August 12th. It's the fourth version of this law which was originally passed in 1984.
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On Monday January 11th due to a teacher "sick out" called to protest conditions the Detroit Public Schools, which are drowning under 3.5 billion of debt.
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Thousands of students across the nation walk out of classrooms demanding changes in gun laws.
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More than 30,000 teachers in LA go on strike over class size, pay, and lack of support staff.
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LA teachers finally return to work after a deal is reached ending their 6 day strike.