Timeline: History of American Education | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1620

Colonial Period

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Period: Jan 1, 1620 to Sep 22, 2011

History of American Education
Aug 27, 1640

Henry Dunster becomes president of Harvard College.

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Nov 18, 1690

The First most widely used schoolbook was printed in New England. It was known as the New England Primer.

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Oct 18, 1693

The College of William and Mary is established in Virginia. It is the second college to open in colonial America and has the distinction of being Thomas Jefferson's college.

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May 21, 1710

Christopher Dock a famous educator, opens a school in Montgomery County, PA.

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Feb 17, 1751

Benjamin Franklin helps to establish the first "English Academy" in Philadelphia with a curriculum that is both classical and modern.

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Oct 1, 1752

St. Matthew Lutheran School, one of the first Lutheran "charity schools" in North America, is founded in New York City by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, after whom Muhlenberg College in Allentown Pennsylvania is named.

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Oct 21, 1783

Noah Webster writes a book known as " A Grammatical Institute of the English Language", because he was not satisfied with the English textbooks.

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May 8, 1801

The blackboard was invented by James Pillans.

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Nov 20, 1821

The first public high school, Boston English High School, opens.

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May 21, 1829

The New England Asylum for the Blind opens, now the Perkins School for the Blind. It was the frist school for blind in the U.S.

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Oct 6, 1837

Eighty students arrive at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, the first college for women in the U.S.

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Sep 13, 1854

The Boston Public Library opens to the public.

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Jan 18, 1856

The first kindergarten in the U.S. is started in Watertown, Wisconsin, founded by Margarethe Schurz.

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Jun 11, 1901

Joliet Junior College, in Joliet, Illinois, opens. It is the first public community college in the U.S.

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Jul 19, 1922

The International Council for Exceptional Children is founded at Columbia University Teachers College

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Sep 17, 1926

The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is first administered. It is based on the Army Alpha test.

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Oct 20, 1946

The 79th Congress approves the National School Lunch Act.

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May 17, 1954

The U.S. Supreme Court announces its decision in the case of Brown v. Board. of Education of Topeka, ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

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Nov 8, 1965

The Higher Education Act is signed at Southwest Texas State College.

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Jun 20, 1971

Michael Hart, founder of Project Guttenberg, invents the e-Book.

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Aug 7, 2003

The Higher Education Act is again amended and reauthorized, expanding access to higher education for low and middle income students, providing additional funds for graduate studies, and increasing accountability.

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Sep 23, 2011

No Child Left Behind Act

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