Top 10 Key Historical Events on Education

1. The Establishment of Plato’s Academy (c. 387 BCE)

2. Founding of the University of Al-Qarawiyyin (859 CE)

3. The Spread of Printing Press (c. 1440)

4. The Founding of Harvard University (1636)

5. Enlightenment and Rise of Public Education (18th Century)

6. Horace Mann’s Advocacy for Public Schooling in the U.S. (1837)

7. The Morrill Land-Grant Acts (1862 & 1890)

8. The Establishment of the Kindergarten System (Mid-19th Century)

9. The Brown v. Board of Education Decision (1954)

10. The Rise of the Internet and Digital Learning (Late 20th Century)