History of Education

  • Microscope

    When the Microscope was created, people discovered many more living organisms
  • Slide Ruler

  • First College in the United States

    Harvard University is said to be the first college in the United States.
  • Common Schools

    The Common Schools arrived in the 18th Century
  • Schools for townships

    Congress passed a law creating townships, and required that each township had to have a school.
  • Public Schools were formed

    Pennsylvania created free public education for the lower class people only.
  • Chalk Boards

    Teachers start to use chalk boards in their classrooms.
  • School for Girls

    Until the 19th Century, girls were not allowed to go to school
  • Black Board Invention

    James Pillian Invented the black board
  • First Public School

    The Boston English school was the first public school in the US
  • Reform Schools

    Massachusetts Reform School at Westboro opens. This marks the beginning of the reform schools.
  • Beaker

    The Beaker that you use in science is invented
  • Compulsory Education

    Massachusetts was the first states to enforce compulsory education which requires children to go to school.
  • Bunsen Burner

    The Bunsen burner was invented by Robert Wilhelm
  • Magic Lantern

    The Magic Lantern was a slide projector with pictures on glass plates.
  • Typewriter

    Christopher L Sholes introduced the typewriter
  • Petri Dish

    Julius Petri created the Petri Dish. It was great to keep growing bacteria sterile.
  • Pencil

    The Pencil was invented
  • Junior High School

    Columbus Ohio created the first Junior High school in attempt to improve graduation rates
  • Graduated Cylinder

    Albert Einstein created the graduated cylinder
  • Tomas Edison Quote

    Tomas Edison said "Books will soon be obsolete in every school"
  • Film Projector

  • Overhead projectors

    The overhead projector was invented
  • Mimeograph

    A mimeograph made copies by being cranked by hand
  • World War

    School is put to the side because all the men are drafted for the war.
  • No more Segregated Schools

    Blacks and Whites schools were no longer segregated.
  • ACT

    The first ACT is administered
  • Photo Copier

  • Liquid Paper

    A lady made what we call white out in her kitchen one day and made a lot of money.
  • LCD projector

    The LCD Projector was invented by Gene Dolgoff.
  • Open education

    Herbert R. Kohl purposes open education, which is student centered classrooms.
  • Soft Ware

    Different Software is introduced to help learn basic skills
  • 3D Printing

    3D Printing was invented by Charles W. Hull
  • Probeware

    Probeware was first tested in classrooms in 1982. Now students can record information for their experiments by wearing the Probeware.
  • Digital video camcorder

    Sony introduced the first Digital Video Camcorders
  • Document Camera

    Elmo USA invented the document camera
  • The World Wide Web

    The Internet was created, now millions of people are able to find information with a click of a button.
  • Smartboard

    The Smartboard is introduced to schools
  • Computers

  • Online School

    Compu High Whitmorte is the first online high school
  • Report Cards

    The Higher Education Act makes states produce report cards
  • No child left behind Act

  • Social Media

    Different social media sites were created such as facebook.
  • YouTube

    YouTube was created
  • Livescribe SmartPen

    The Livescribe SmartPen was released in 2008. With this pen, students are able to draw, write, and record verbal information learned in class.
  • 98,817 public schools

    There were 98,817 public schools calculated in the United States.
  • NETP established

    The National Education Technology Plan was established
  • Apple iPad

  • Paper-Thin Smartphones

  • Biometrics: Eye Tracking