History of Education

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    History of Education

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    American Colonial Period

    1600-1776
  • Horn Book

    1650
  • Dame Schools

    1700
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    American Early National Period

    1776-1840
  • Benjamin Franklin

    1780
  • Thomas Jefferson

    1790
  • Common Schools

    1830
  • McGuffey Readers

    1836
  • Horace Mann -Father of Education

    1840
  • Friedrich Frobel

    1840
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    American Common School Period

    1840-1880
  • Normal Schools

    1850
  • Morrill Act of 1862

    1862
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    American Progressive Period

    1880-1921
  • Sigmund Freud

    1900
  • Maria Montessori

    1906
  • Smith Hugh Act of 1917

    1917
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    The Great Depression

    1921-1940
  • Arnold Gesell

    1930
  • Lev Voygotsky

    1930
  • John Dewey

    1938
  • Jean Piaget

    1945
  • B.F. Skinner - add Theory of Behaviorism

  • Benjamin Spock

    1950
  • Rudolf Dreikurs

    1950
  • Abraham Maslow

    1950
  • Lawrence Kohlberg

    1950
  • T. Berry Brazelton

    1950
  • Diana Baumrind

    1950
  • Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka 1954

  • National Defense Education Act of 1958

  • Erik Erikson

    1960
  • John Bowlby

    1960
  • B.F. Skinner

    1960
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

  • Howard Gardner

    1970
  • Title IX Of The Education Amendments Of 1972

  • Dick & Jane Readers

    1947-1973
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1974

  • Equal Educational Opportunities Act 1974

  • Back to the Basics 1980

  • Education of Handicapped Act Amendments Americans with Disabilities Act 1990

  • Goals 2000 act of 1994 - 3/31/1994

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA 1990 - Amended 1997

  • No Child Left Behind Act 2001

  • IDEA Improvement Act IDEIA 2004

  • Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA 2015