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1856 BCE
Margarthe Schurz
She open the first kindergarten in the United States -
Kindergarten
The first kindergarten was a Germa school started by Froebel -
Butler School
The institute opened up as a free school for black children including kindergarten curriculum for five year olds. -
White House
Theodore Roosevelt held the first conference on children in the white house.
The establishment of the Children's bureau in 1912 -
Patty Smith Hill
The national committee of nursery school was founded. eventually the national association or the education of young children (NAEYC) -
Dorthy Howard
She established the first black nursery school in Washington D.C and operated it for over 50 years -
Supreme Court
The supreme court ruled in Brown v Board of education that in public education to doctrine of separate but equal has no place -
Head Start
The federal government created the largest public funded education program for young children -
NAEYC
Published a report entitled Developmentally Appropriate Practices outlines what is meant by quality work with young children from infancy through age 8 -
The President
The' first American Summit on Early Childhood Education is convened in Washington D.C. by President Barack Obama
