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Harvard is opened becoming the first post-secondary school in North America
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Massachusetts creates compulsory education laws with the Massachusetts Act
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William and Mary opened in Virginia, and Dame schools open allowing women to receive a limited education
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Benjamin Franklin, an educator (among many other things) who opened the Philadelphia Academy in 1751
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Sarah Pierce opens the Litchfield Female Academy providing a formal education
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Boston is home to the first public secondary school
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Thomas Jefferson, an advocate for education who pushed for funding of public schools and creator of the University of Virginia
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Noah Webster, a speller and creator of some of the first textbooks
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First kindergarten opens in America
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National Education Association is founded
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Morrill Land-Grant Act provides funding for schools
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Booker T. Washington, having struggled to receive his own education, created the
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American Foundation of Teachers is founded
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All states enforced compulsory education laws
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GI bill increases number of college graduates
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Competition for global educational superiority sparked additional school funding
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John Dewey, a progressive educator that established a school for testing education
Principles -
Maria Montessori, an Italian physician believing in individualized education
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Brown vs. The Board of Education determined segregation was unlawful
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Reform movement to end poverty by increasing education
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Congress passes PL91-142 calling for an individualized and quality education for handicapped students
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Title IX of the Education Amendments Act allowed students access to programs previously denied to them based on gender
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No Child Left Behind Act attempts to “close the achievement gap”
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Every Student Succeeds Act allows states to judge school quality and act on it