Significant Events in Early Childhood Education

By katelinjohnson

  • John Locke's "clean slate" idea of children is published in one of his books.

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    Significant Events in Early Childhood Education

  • Margarethe Scurz opens the first kindergarten in the U.S.

  • The Hampton Institue in Hampton, VA is opened, offers childcare classes in 1893.

  • The first teacher training program for kindergarten provided by the Oshkosh Normal School.

  • The Bureau of Education for the Handicapped in established

  • The federal government authorized HeadStart and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act/ Title 1

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act is passed

  • No Child Left Behind

  • State funded preschools rise in per-child funding

  • Common Core Standards for K-12 in English language arts and math.