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John Locke
John Locke writes the Essay Concerning Human Understanding. This book, divided into four parts, was an analysis of the mind and how it gains knowledge. -
Birth of the NEA
Educators united together for the cause of public education and the National Education Association was born. This was during a time when education was a luxury for white children an illegal for black children. -
Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori opened the Children's House, or Casa dei Bambini which was the beginning of Montessori education. Many other countries began to follow her philosophy of education. Although it died out, the philosophy surfaced again with the opening of the American Montessori Society in 1960 by Dr. Rambusch -
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. Piaget believed that all people are born with a basic mental structure that all learning and knowledge is based from there. -
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
This first publication of his theory stated that human needs were relatively fluid, and these needs were often present at the same time. These needs were broken up by the more basic needs being Physiological to the more challenging needs being self-actualization -
NEA joins with American Teachers Association
The National Education Association joined with the American Teachers Association. This increased the NEA member total from 100 hundred members upon the start of the NEA to over three million members. -
Magda Gerber's RIE Philosophy
Magda Gerber, and other educators and physicians, founded Resources for Infant Educators, a non-profit organization. This organization set out to improve the quality education and care for infants. This organization used mentoring, provided workshops, classes, conferences, and many other ways to reach educators around the world. -
Strong Start for America's Children Act
This act that was introduced to the House of Senate would promote better opportunities for learning for the first five years of life. This would be done by aiding states funding for low and moderate income families and promote the importance of early childhood education.