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The first Latin Grammar School (Boston Latin School) is established
Latin Grammar Schools are designed for sons of certain social classes who are destined for leadership positions in church, state, or the courts -
Harvard College
the first higher education institution in what is now the United States, is established in Newtowne (now Cambridge), Massachusetts -
The Massachusetts Law of 1647
decrees that every town of at least 50 families hire a schoolmaster who would teach the town's children to read and write and that all towns of at least 100 families should have a Latin grammar school master who will prepare students to attend Harvard College. -
John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education is published
his views on educating upper class boys to be moral, rationally-thinking, and reflective "young gentlemen" -
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 -
Thomas Jefferson proposes a two-track educational system
different tracks for "the laboring and the learned" -
The Young Ladies Academy opens in Philadelphia
the first academy for girls in the original 13 colonies/states -
The first public high school
Boston English High School opens -
The African Institute
(later called the Institute for Colored Youth) opens in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, now called Cheyney University, it the oldest institution of higher learning for African Americans -
The first kindergarten in the U.S.
started in Watertown, Wisconsin, founded by Margarethe Schurz -
First Principal
Booker T. Washington becomes the first principal of the newly-opened normal school in Tuskegee, Alabama, now Tuskegee University -
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is founded
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Transportation
All states have laws providing funds for transporting children to school -
The Great Depression
The stock market crash in October. The U.S. economy is devastated. Public education funding suffers greatly, resulting in school closings, teacher layoffs, and lower salaries -
The ACT Test is first administered
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Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments introduces the first in its line of electronic hand-held calculators, the TI-2500 Data Math. TI becomes an industry leader known around the world -
The University of Phoenix establishes their "online campus"
the first to offer online bachelor's and master's degrees. It becomes the "largest private university in North America" -
Quest to Learn (Q2L)
the first school to teach primarily through game-based learning, opens in September in New York City with a class of sixth graders There are plans to add a grade each year until the school serves students in grades six through twelve -
Transgender Bathrooms
the federal government tells school districts "to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity" -
Temporary Injunction
a federal judge in Texas signs a temporary injunction allowing schools to opt out of the above transgender bathroom directive
