History of Education By trevorneff132 1636 Harvard College First institution of higher learning 1647 Old Deluder Satan Law Required parents to ensure their children's ability to read 1698 Public Library First ever public library in the U.S. 1770 Philadelphia School For African Americans 1783 American spelling book 1821 Troy Female school 1829 New England Asylum for the Blind 1836 McGuffey Reader 1837 horace mann 1867 Department of education 1954 brown v. board of education 1975 education of all handicapped 1980 Department of education est as a cabnit level agency 1990 educate america act 2015 every student succeeds act