Early Childhood Education History Timeline

By LR02157122

  • The Massachusetts Law of 1647

    This law was passed in Massachusetts in 1647. It declared that if a town had at least 50 families they had to hire a teacher to teach the children in the town how to read and write.

  • Benjamin Franklin Helps Establish 'English Academy'

    Benjamin Franklin helped estrablish the first 'English Academy' that had a curriculum of history, geography, algebra, etc. The goal of the school was to provide a more modern curriculum for students while still teaching them the classics.

  • Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia opens

    This school that opened in 1787 was the first academy for girls in America. Before this there were schools for boys, but education for girls was not taken as seriously.

  • The African Institute Opens in Pennsylvania

    This was the first school that was opened for the education of African Americans. This is an extremely important part in the history of education because up until now black children were not able to learn to the same degree as white children, if they were permitted to learn at all.

  • National Teacher's Association is Founded

    A group of teachers in Philladelphia founded the National Teacher's Association in 1857. Their purpose was to work together to continue to better public education for children.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education Decision

    This was a huge turning point in our history. It put an end to segregation of white and black children in schools. The case stated that african american children were not getting as good an education in segregated classrooms as they would in integrated classes.

  • Economic Opportunity Act

    The EOA was designed to help people from a lower economic class. It was implemented to promote their health, education and welfare (Morrison 84).

  • Columbine Highschool Shooting

    This shooting is an important part of history to me because I feel that up until this point schools were seen as "safe". You didn't have to worry when you went to school. When this happened, however, it changed all of that.

  • No Child Left Behind

    The No Child Left Behind Act focuses on standardized testing, and provides funding for schools whose children achieve high test scores. Continues the standards that were first put in place by the National Defense Education Act (Morrison 84).