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Where did United States Education begin....
1635—Boston Latin School becomes the first public school as well as the oldest existing school in the U.S. https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/school/boston-latin-school -
How do you spell that....
1783—Noah Webster finishes A Grammatical Institute of the English Language, a three-volume work he developed because he didn’t like the textbooks from England that were used at the time. In later editions, Webster rewrote words using American spelling. -
Who should control education?
1791—Individual states take control of education when the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. -
Who didn't love to clean the board...
1801—While James Pillans discovered the method of using chalk on a blackboard while teaching geography, George Baron, an instructor at West Point Military Academy, is considered to be the first American instructor to incorporate the use of a large black chalkboard into the presentation of his math lessons. -
Even the wee ones need to learn!
1856—The first kindergarten in the United States is founded by Margarethe Schurz in Watertown, Wisconsin. http://www.watertownhistory.org/Articles/KindergardenFirst.htm -
"I Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag..."
1892—The Pledge of Allegiance is first used in public schools on Columbus Day. -
Paper with lines and holes???
1914—Richard Prentice Ettinger drills holes in paper and puts the pages in a ringed binder, using the concept of loose-leaf notebook paper for the first time in the U.S. He later co-founds the educational publisher Prentice Hall. -
Do I have to go to school today?
1918—Mandatory school attendance laws are in place in every state. -
The wheels on the bus go round n round...
1939—A conference on student transportation organized by Frank W. Cyr leads to the national standardization of school buses. He is later known as the Father of the Yellow School Bus. -
Teachers up'd their game...
Late 1950s—Overhead projectors become popular in schools after being used by the police and the U.S. Army. -
All students are created equal...
1954—The United States Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education is passed, making segregated schools illegal. -
Conjunction Junction…
1973—The first episode of SchoolHouse Rock! airs https://movies.disney.com/schoolhouse-rock -
You have died of dysentery…
1985—The wildly popular educational computer games Oregon Trailand Where in the World Is Carmen, San Diego? are developed. https://www.format.com/magazine/features/design/you-have-died-of-dysentery-oregon-trail-design -
No more banging erasers….
1995—Dry-erase boards, also called whiteboards, have been replacing many chalkboards in classrooms across the U.S. to eliminate chalk dust. -
Out with the old...
2009—The Common Core State Standards Initiative is launched. http://www.corestandards.org/
