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The first "free school" opens in Virginia. However, education in the southern colonies was provided by at home by parents
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Harvard College, the first higher education institution. It was established Newtowne (now Cambridge) Massachusetts.
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The University of Georgia becomes "America's first state-chartered University"
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Boston English High School, one of the first public high schools open in the U.S
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Elizabeth Blackwell graduates from Geneva Medical College, becoming the first woman to graduate from medical school. She later becomes a pioneer in the education of women in medicine.
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The 79th Congress approves the National School Lunch Act. They recognized "the need for a permanent legislative basis for a school lunch program
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The ACT test is first administered and giving opportunities for individuals to go to college
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Texas Instruments introduces the first in its line of electronic hand-held calculator. TI becomes an industry leader known around the world.
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White-Boards find their way into the U.S. Classrooms, and begin to replace the blackboard
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The Higher Education Act is amended and reauthorized requiring institutions/states to produce "report cards" about teacher education.
