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Boston Latin School
The year when the first Latin Grammar School was established. It brought in western teachings as well as western social traditions to North America. -
First Free School in Virginia
The year when the first free school in Virginia opened. This brought huge impact to multicultural education at the time because most Southerners believe education was a matter of staying home and not of going to school. -
Harvard College
The year when the first college was established in the United States. This establishment brought in higher education and more in depth multi-culture teachings to the people in the United States. -
Essay Concerning Human Understanding
The year when John Locke published this famous article. This article brought in a more critical way of thinking and a kind of idea regarding the mind and learning which greatly influenced the American education at the time. -
Ursuline Academy of New Orleans
The year when the first Catholic school opened for girls. This brought in a big impact to the American education because this is the first school for girls to attend and learn. -
American Philosophical Society
The year when Benjamin Franklin formed the American Philosophical Society. It impacted the American education system because it brought in new thinking and ideas of the European Enlightenment to the United States. Its teachings emphasized on secularism, science, and human reason, which greatly influenced the ways of thinking of the Americans. -
The First "English Academy"
The year when Benjamin Franklin helped to established the first English Academy in Philadelphia. This impacted the American education because the school brought in new ways of both classical and modern teachings. It provided courses such as history, geography, navigation, surveying and modern as well as classical languages to the Americans at the time. -
Salem College
The year when the Moravians established a liberal arts college for women at the village of Salem in North Carolina. They helped providing education to women at the time which women are rarely getting any opportunities to learn at schools. -
Boston English High School
The year when the first public high schools opened in the United States. It allowed everyone to attend and it greatly influenced the education level at the time. -
The University of Iowa
The first university to admit men and women on an equal basis. It brought great impact the the American education because the university allowed both men and women to study on equal grounds and opportunities; this has never been done before at the time in the United States; women were always seen as lower than men and received lesser opportunities than men.
