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There was a law made that every child in France under the age of 15 was supposed to attend Republican School.
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In Africa, children received traditional informal education on matters such as artistic performances, ceremonies, rituals, games, festivals, dancing, singing, and drawing.
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James Pillans invented the first blackboard.
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In Scotland, for instance, the national Church of Scotland set out a programme for spiritual reform in January 1561 setting the principle of a school teacher for every parish church and free education for the poor. This was provided for by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland, passed in 1633, which introduced a tax to pay for this programme. Although few countries of the period had such extensive systems of education, the period between the 16th and 18th centuries saw education become significan
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Under the guidance of Wilhelm von Humboldt a new university was founded in Berlin in 1810 which became the model for many research universities. Herbart developed a system of pedagogy widely used in German-speaking areas.
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The first public high school, Boston English High School, opens
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Norway introduced the folkeskole, a primary school which became mandatory for 7 years.
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Kindergarten was first founded.
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The first state funded school specifically for teacher education (then known as "normal" schools) opens in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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Howard University is established in Washington D.C. to provide education for African American youth "in the liberal arts and sciences.
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The Department of Education is created in order to help states establish effective school systems.
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French trace the development of their educational system to Charlemagne, the modern era of French education begins at the end of the 19th century. Jules Ferry, a lawyer holding the office of Minister of Public Instruction in the 1880s,
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Massachusetts enacts the first mandatory attendance 16 states have compulsory-attendance laws, but most of those laws are sporadically enforced at best. All states have them by 1918.
