Adventist Education History.pdf

Here is a detailed but concise summary of the key information:

Early Years of Adventist Education (1853-1872)

1853: First Seventh-day Adventist home school opened at Aaron Hilliard's home in New York.
1854: First article by Ellen G. White warning church members to separate their children from worldly influences.
1855: Home school initiated by Mrs. M. M. Osgood at Battle Creek, Michigan.
1857: James White wrote articles calling for separation from the world.
1864: Home church school in operation at Elder F. W. Mace's "Hillside Farm" in New Hampshire.
1867: The Battle Creek, Michigan, church employed Goodloe H. Bell as a teacher.
1868: Bell's Select Private School operated at Battle Creek, Michigan.

First Denominationally-Sponsored School (1872)

January 1872: Ellen G. White had the first vision on education.
June 3, 1872: The first denominationally-sponsored SDA church school (elementary and secondary) opened at Battle Creek, Michigan, with 12 students.

Compilation of Educational History

The General Conference Department of Education compiled a chronology of education in anticipation of the education centennial in 1972.
The compiler, Walton J. Brown, gathered information from various sources, including school bulletins, yearbooks, and original letters.
The compilation includes events dealing with the Department of Education and schools in the various academic levels until around 1890.