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Library of Congress Gutenberg Bible The first major book ever printed, this book began bringing the printed word to everyone.
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Origins of Compulsary Education Scotland enacts the first law requiring publicly funded schools to be established all across the country and that they be open to all.
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Boston Latin School The oldest public school in America, the Boston Latin School was founded.
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St. John's College History In 1696 King Williams's School, the first school in Maryland is established. The school is later incorperated into St. John's College.
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L'historique Founded in Paris by Charles-Michel de l'Épée the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris is the first school in the world to teach people who are Deaf.
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Friedrich Froebel Froebel establishes his Play and Activity Institute which in 1840 he renames Kindergarten.
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Massachusetts Educational History In 1852 Massachusetts becomes the first state in the United States to have laws requiring mandatory school attendance laws.
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US Dept. of Education President Andrew Johnson signs legistlation creating the US Department of Education.
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Link to ASPCA history of Mary Ellen Wilson Mary Ellen Wilson was a child being abused in NYC. At the time there were not any child protection laws so the ASPCA took up the case as an animal abuse case.
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Brown vs. Board of Ed In May of 1954 the US Supreme Court ruled that segregation in US schools was illegal.