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First public school started in Boston
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Horace Mann becomes Secretary of Education
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Common schools began
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Free Elementary Schools began in all states
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Progressive Movement Began
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John Dewey wrote "My Pedagogic Creed"
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Jane Addams wrote "The Public School and the Immigrant Child"
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Junior High Schools began
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Kindergarten is established in elementary schools
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Maria Montessori publishes "Scientific Method in Curriculum-Making"
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Physical Education was introduced to get students prepared to be soldiers
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All students required to attend elementary school
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All students require transportation to school
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George S. Counts "Dare the School Build a New Social Order"