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First School to open in the U.S.
The very first school to open in the 13 colonies was Boston Latin which opened in 1635. It is still open today making it the Nations oldest public school. -
Schooling is changing
In the beginning of the 18th century, schools started teaching all age groups in one room with one teacher. This is when students could not go to school for free. Parents would either pay tuition, contribute commodities or housed the teacher so their children could go to class. -
First school for the hearing impaired opens
The first school for the hearing impaired is opened in Connecticut. Making it the first permanent one. The co-founders of this school were Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. By 1864, Thomas Gallaudet’s son helped open Gallaudet University which was the first college for the hearing impared. -
Boarding Schools
In Carlisle, Pennsylvania the first Native American boarding school opened. It was the model for 26 other schools of similar schools. The had the goal of bringing Native American children into the mainstream culture that has arose. The facility was closed in 1918. -
Early Education
When the first schools started to open, there was no focus on the academics like reading or math. Primarily the students were taught family virtues, along with the importance of religion and their community. Girls were taught how to read but that was it. -
Hull House
In Chicago, Illinois two college friends, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded the Hull House. Located in a neighborhood of recent European immigrants. The first settlement house to provide services such as kindergarten and a night school for adults. The Hull House still today provides services for children and families. -
Bethune – Cookman University
In Daytona Beach, Florida an African American educator by the name of Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls. In 1923 it merged with the Cookman Institute and became a co-educational High School. But is now known as the Bethune-Cookman University. -
Attendance
By the late 1800’s and into the 1900’s, 31 states had made schooling and the attendance of the students mandatory to the ages of 8-14. By 1918 it was a requirement in every state to complete elementary school. -
University Of Chicago Nursery School
Lucy Sprague Mitchell founded in New York City the Bureau of Educational Experiments. With the hopes of studying the child’s learning and development while in class. In 1918, they opened a laboratory nursing school which in 1950 became the Bank Street College of Education. As well, Mrs. Frank R. Lillie helps found the University of Chicago Nursing School. -
G.I. Bill
The long standing tradition that going to college was only for the wealthy was ended when Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 on June 22. The law provides the same opportunity to every veteran, regardless of their background to attend college. More than two million attended universities or colleges and about 238,000 became teachers.