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Noah Webster wrote this three-volume work because he didn't like the textbooks from england that were used at the time.
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The first kindergarten in the US was founded by Margarethe Schurz in Watertown, Wisconsin.
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The NTA was founded by 43 teachers in philadelphia.
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The department of education is created.
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The Pledge of Allegiance is first used in public schools of Columbus Day.
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The Committee of Ten is created to standardize american high school curriculum.
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Mandatory School Attendance laws are put in place in every state.
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All states have laws in place to provide public funding for school transportation.
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The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is administered for the first time.
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A conference on Student transportation organized by Frank W. Cyr leads to the national standardization of school buses
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The National School Lunch Program is created to provide low-cost of free lunches for students through subsidies.
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Brown vs. Board of Education case is passed, making segregated schools illegal. https://youtu.be/aX9Dmo24_cc
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Congress passed NDEA to improve the study of Math, Science and Foreign Languages.
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Dry-erase boards are replacing chalkboards due to chalk dust.
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The box tops for education program is created by General Mills.
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Connections Academy id established providing high-quality online education for k-12 students.
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The North American Council for online learning is established as a nonprofit organization dedicated to the enhancement of k-12 online learning.
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TeacherTube was launched; similar to YouTube, it is a platform for teachers to share educational resource videos.
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The common core state standards initiative is launched https://youtu.be/5s0rRk9sER0
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State virtual schools exist in twenty-five states by the beginning of the 2013-14 school year
