Education in the 19th Century

By jcampbell19
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    Education Gap

    Many years passed through the Civil War, which affected and placed a gap in education.

  • 1801

    James Pillans invented the blackboard.

  • 1817

    The 1st permanent school for deaf opens. (The Connecticut Asylum at Hartford for the Instruction of Dumb Persons) Founded by, Gallaudet, he later opened Gallaudet University.

  • 1821

    The 1st public high school opens. (Bostobn English High School)

  • 1823

    Hartford Female Seminary, a private school for girls was founded.

  • 1827

    Massachusetts passed a law that requires towns of more than 500 families to have a public high school open to all families.

  • 1837

    The African Institute opened Cheyney University, a higher learning for African Americans.

  • 1852

    Massachusetts enacts the first attendance law.

  • 1856

    The 1st kindergarten in the U.S is started in Watertown, Wisconsin.

  • 1889

    Jane Adamd snd her college friend opened Hull House, a place that offered educational services to European immigrants.

  • 1891

    Stanford University is founded.