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The first grammar schools were created in or around the year 1635 in order to educate the young boys in communities in the ways of leadership in the local government or in the clergy.
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Harvard was founded in September of 1636 as the first higher education institute.
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Massachusetts passed a law in 1647 that required a teacher to be hired if there were more than 50 families in a township, and if there more than 100, a school was to be built.
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The New England Primer printing process began in 1690, and was used by the Puritans as a supplement to reading the Bible for children. It included prayers for morning and night, as well as biblical facts.
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The Ursuline Academy is a private Catholic school for girls that allowed the studies of basic skills, philosophy, language, and literature. It is still the oldest operating all girls Roman-Catholic boarding and elementary school.
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There was not a single school that educated deaf children in the United States, and most parents of deaf children sent the kids to Europe to be educated. After some fundraising, a deaf school was built and a teacher was brought in from a Parisian school for the deaf.
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Boston English High School was the first public high school to be opened in the United States. It is still functioning today.
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Massachusetts passed another law stating that towns with more than 500 families had to open a public high school.
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McGuffey readers are printed, and they offered a more secular tone, in contrast with the mostly religious education being seen all over the U.S. at this time. The readers were used in grammar schools, and served as the course of study since traditional curriculum hand't yet been delveloped.
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Cheyney University was the first higher education institution for African Americans.
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43 educators met in Philly and they formed the National Teachers Association.
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The government founded the Department of Education to help developing states form good, sound, school districts.
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In 1879, the nation thought that instead of leaving Native Americans alone, they would educate them as well as try to "make them less savage". The government sponsored boarding schools that took in Native American kids and made them leave everything they've known for integration into white culture.
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This association was formed in order to provide help to American universities so they could compete academically with colleges in Europe.
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Joliet Junior College was the first community college in the U.S.
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When graduation rates dropped, Columbus Ohio School Board orders for junior high schools to be created. The hope was that the middle ground would help students feel better academically about going into high school.
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The Smith-Hughes Act provided federal funding for agricultural and vocational education until it was repealed in 1997.
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The Butler Act was a Tennessee law that made it illegal to teach evolution in a classroom. John Scopes was a substitute teacher that taught a lesson on evolution. He was sued by the state of TN and was convicted.
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The U.S. District Court in LA ruled that educating children of Mexican decent in different schools was unconstitutional, and helped set a precedence for Brown vs. Board of Education.
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The Supreme Court announce the ruling in the Brown vs. Board of Education to be in Brown's favor. The court ruled that separate educational facilities was unequal and the desegregation of the schooling system started.
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The first ACT test was given.
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After many Cuban families came to the U.S. during the Cuban Civil War, Coral Way Elementary School starts the first bilingual and bi-cultural school in the U.S.
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Part of the "War on Poverty" included giving low-income students a head start in elementary school in an 8 week program.
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A book written by Jean Piaget attempted to expose students to discovery learning, mostly within the sciences.
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Special Education is offered to anyone free of charge in a public school at the expense of the state.
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Discrimination against and gender’s participation in sports is prohibited.
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Prohibits discrimination and requires schools to overcome obstacles which may hinder equal education. This mainly effects LEP (Limited English Proficiency) students.
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This act was passed to provide free public education to any child deemed handicapped.
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John Holt published a book that strongly encouraged homeschooling, and the program took off.
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A report by the Holmes group and the Carnegie Fourm on Education recommended that teachers receive better education.
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The University of Phoenix opens an online campus and becomes “the largest private campus”
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The interactive white boards were developed by SMART tech and many classrooms soon had them.
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The legislature passed a law requiring standardized statewide tests.
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The first online high school is opened.
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The Columbine High School Massacre was the first mass shooting in a school. The two shooters were students and many people blamed themselves for the shooting.
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The NCLB program required schools to take certain steps in order to meet state requirements for education. There were penalties for not meeting the requirements.
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A graduated student returned to his Alma-Mater and shot 32 students, and then shot himself. This remains the deadliest school shooting in history.
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Common Core was introduced and many states adopted it.
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Sandy Hook was an elementary school shooting, and after there were many questions raised about school security.
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Betsy DeVos was named Secretary of Education and many criticized Trump because she had little experience in education.
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In February of 2018, a shooter entered Parkalnd High School, and shot 17 people. Law enforcement did not enter the building and the biggest controversy ensued. Everyone was pointing fingers, the NRA was blamed, and many students found heir voices and started to make a change. Many students participated in walkouts and protests following the shooting.
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The most recent school shooting happened in Santa Fe, Texas.