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First free school in Virginia, although custome to teach in home or tutor.
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Designed for sons of certain social classes who are destined for leadership positions in church, states, or the courts.
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Harvard College established in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Decrees every town of at least 50 people hire a school master to teach children to read and write.
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Second college to open in colonial America.
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First publicly supported library established in Charles Town, South Carolina.
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Benjamin Franklin Establishes first English Academy with a curriculum that is both classical and modern.
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Thomas Jefferson proposes two-track education system, different tracks for laboring and the learned.
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Opens in Philadelphia, fist academy for girls in America.
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First college for women established by Mary Lyon.
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James Pillan invents the modern blackboard.
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First public high school.
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Masachusetts passes a law requiring towns of more than 500 families have a public high school open to all students.
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Oldest institution of higher education for African Americans.
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First state funded school specifically for teacher education established in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts enacts first mandatory attendance law.
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First institution any where in the world to provide higher education in the arts and science for male youth of African decent.
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First Kindergarten in the U.S.
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National Teacher Association, now National Education Association, founded for 43 educators in Philadelphia.
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The Department of Education is created to help states establisheffective school systems.
