1. Early Education in Illinois

2. Land Grant Act = every township was given a square mile for a school Personal Experience versus Book Learning - Illinois went the way with the South = No free public school education –Subscription Schools Parents pay the teachers, kids find their own resources Strong discipline = hickory Stick One room with benches and all ages were grouped together

3. Early Education in Illinois Public schools 1840-1850 –Teachers are paid by the state –1st = West Jacksonville Teacher Requirements –1845 = all teachers must read, write, math, geography, grammar, and history –Pay = Men $45 and women $25-30

4. Early Education in Illinois Early Colleges –Mostly started by Religious groups –1st colleges = Illinois College, McKendree, Blackburn Tax Supported Colleges –1857 = Illinois State –1869 = SIUC

5. Jonathan Baldwin Turner Teacher for Illinois college that wanted a college for agriculture, mechanics, and science) Land Grant Act = States would receive 30,000 acres of government land for each legislator –Sell the land and invest the money at 5% interest –Use the money to build state colleges –Illinois received 480,000 acres

6. Jonathan Baldwin Turner University of Illinois –Champaign picked and offered 1,000 acres for the farm program –Feb. 1867 = U of I was created –Mar. 1868 = Class started with 50 students and 3 teachers –1885 = Name changed to U of I