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First Public School in the U.S., Boston English, opens
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The first colonial college, Harvard, was established
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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Academy, an educational institution
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The 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution is passed, the individual states gain the right to control education.
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James Pillans invented the blackboard when he hung a large slate on a classroom wall.
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Massachusetts set a law making education mandatory.
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Christopher Sholes invented the modern typewriter.
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A standardized high school curriculum was formed by the National Education Association to establish a standard secondary education curriculum.
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David Wechsler developed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. This created the "deviation IQ," which calculates scores based on how far from the average subject's score another subject's score is.
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Computers were first used in New York elementary schools.
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At William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Ruby Bridges, a first-grader, was the first African American child to attend
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Students in the Des Moines wore black armbands in protest. The district passed a rule prohibiting the bands, but the students argued it was in contrast with their First Amendment rights. The court agreed with the students.
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The Scantron Corporation removed the need to grade multiple-choice tests by hand. The machines were free to use.
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Required institutions and states to produce report cards about teacher education performance.
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The common Core State Standards is launched which details what K-12 students should know at the end of the year.
