Events
Single-room teaching developed independently
by both Andrew Bell and Joseph Lancaster.Teacher are primarily women
with no specialty in teachingHorace Mann becomes
the Secretary of EducationStudents are split by age
in MassachusettsConnecticut establishes
a common (public) school programMassachusetts implements
compulsory attendanceMore than 90,000 freed slaves
in (segregated) schoolsHampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute establishedBooker T. Washington becomes president
of Tuskegee CollegeCongress expands land-grant program
for Southern colleges
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