History of Education Gage Otte

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  • First Public School

    First Public School

    Boston Latin school becomes first public school. The boys only school was led by school master Philemon Pormont.
  • First Co-Education College

    First Co-Education College

    Oberlin College is the first college to admit boys and girls. Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio
  • First Kindergarten

    First Kindergarten

    The first kindergarten is founded by Margarethe Meyer Schurz in Watertown, Wisconsin
  • Mandatory Attendance

    Mandatory Attendance

    Mandatory attendance laws are in place in all states. Compulsory attendance laws are crafted by each state to require school attendance for children of certain ages.
  • School Transportation

    School Transportation

    All states are providing public funding for school transportation
  • SAT

    SAT

    The very first Scholastic Aptitude Test was administered to 8,000 students on June 23, 1926.
  • School Lunches

    School Lunches

    The school lunch program is created to provide low cost or free lunch for students in need
  • ACT

    ACT

    The ACT was introduced in 1959 by University of Iowa professor Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the Scholastic Aptitude Test
  • Online Schooling

    Online Schooling

    CompuHigh-Whitmore School is the world's first online high school founded in 1994.
  • Common Core

    Common Core

    Common core state standards is launched asking students to solve problems differently than usual. This is a very sensitive subject when it comes to politics.