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Advocating schools devoted to teaching children to read. Translated the bible from latin into common vernacular.
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Did so to implement his beliefs. Believed children's environments contribute to their beliefs, behavior, and achievents.
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Groundbreaking ideas about children growing like plants, and learning through play.
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Changed the way teachers began approaching Early Childhood Education. Made education child-lead.
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This is significant in the world of Early Childhood Education, because it reflects the emphasis we now place on children learning basics in science and math early on.
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Head Start is the longest running children's program, proving quality childcare and family assistance to low-income or under-priviledged families.
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Requires that curriculums be acceccible to all children, including those with disabilities, and that thises children be educated together, not separately.
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Required standardized testing to provide accountability for how children are learning and being taught.