Education and Curriculum By tammywhitlock Aug 27, 1821 Boston started the first public high School Aug 27, 1837 Horace Mann became the Secretary of Education Aug 27, 1840 Start of Common Schools Period: Aug 27, 1840 to Aug 27, 1954 Early History of American Education Aug 27, 1870 All States had Free Elementary Schools Jan 27, 1897 John Dewey "My Pedagogic Creed" Aug 27, 1908 Jane Addams "The Public School and the Immigrant Child Aug 27, 1909 NAACP Founded Aug 27, 1909 Junior High Schools Began Aug 27, 1910 Kindergarten in all Elementary Schools Aug 27, 1912 Maria Montessori "A Critical Consideration of the New Pedagogy" Aug 27, 1918 Franklin Bobbitt "Scientific Method in Curriculum-Making" Aug 27, 1920 Invention of the Automobile Allowed sharing of public schools across a large area. Aug 27, 1925 Pierce v. Society of Sisters States could not compel children to attend public schools over private schools. Aug 31, 1927 Modern Education Theories by Boyd Bode Aug 27, 1932 George S. Counts "Dare the School Build a New Social Order" May 17, 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Put an end to Separate But Equal