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Johann Pestalozzi
established what is considered to the first school to teach preschool age children. -
First public kindergarten
Susan Blow fought to bring a public school to her town. Once this happened, the public schools came up everywhere and there 400 by the time she died in 1916. -
Garden of Children
The Garden of Children (Kindergarten) was created by Friedrich Frobel. He based his beliefs and education on the fact that children are unique with unique needs. He also created Froebel gifts, which were educational toys made especially for kids. He believed that leaning happens through play. -
Maria Montessori
Montessori paved the way for the importance of children learning about things that they are interested in. She respected children and saw that they must be respected in order to be taught. She also believed that children learn by using their senses and being hands on in their learning techniques. -
Hull House
a settlement house for immigrants, establishes a day nursery. -
Sputnik went into space
Prompted the United States to offer a better education to its children in the subjects of math, science, technology, and engineering. This brought about the National Defense Education Act that introduced the federal government in setting goals for educating kids in America. This would have an impact on education by helping to have a specific curriculum for certain age groups and what they should be learning. For example: common core. -
Head Start is funded by the Economic Opportunities Act.
Provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families -
Kindercare
The first Kindercare center is opened .KinderCare Learning Centers is an American operator of for-profit child care and early childhood education facilities founded in 1969 and currently owned by KinderCare Education. The company provides educational programs for children from six weeks to 12 years old -
The No Child Left Behind Act bill is passed.
The No Child Left Behind Act was created to sustain the ESEA. It makes it so schools are accountable for their teaching efforts. To be funded, schools have to test and be adequate in their progress. Many oppose this act, saying that it focuses too much on standardized testing. -
Military Child Care
Operation Military Child Care is started to support the child care needs of parents who are activated and deployed. -
The Preschool for All initiative.
President Obama called on Congress to expand access to high-quality preschool to every child in America, called The Preschool for All initiative.