-
"The Father of Education" Horace Mann is born in Franklin, Massachusettes
-
Townspeople of Shelburne Falls offers Mary Lyons her first teaching job at a summer school
-
Horace Mann studied laww school and finally recieved admission to the bar
-
Small publishing company called Truman& Smith based in Cincinnati,Ohio became interested in the idea of school texts
-
First KIndergarten opens in Germany by the father of kindergarten Frederich Froebel
-
Opening of Mount Holyoke
-
Horace Mann left law practice and accepted post of newly founded secretary of education
-
1st reader introduces children to McGuffeyd ethical code
-
Horace Mann resigned as secretary of education and went on to the House of Representatives
-
Horace Mann became president of Antioch College
-
Compulsory Attendance Act
-
NEA established
-
Morrill Act
-
Several grants were passed but the first one was passes and signed by Abraham Lincoln
-
Kindergartens gain support from the NEA
-
Booker T. Washington was appointed head of Tuskegee University
