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Establishes the first school to teach preschool age children.
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First public school kindergarten started in St. Louis.
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Montessori paved the way for the importance of children learning about things that they are interested in. She respected children and saw that they must be respected in order to be taught.
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After Sputnik it prompted the UnitedStates to offer a better education to its children in the subjects of math, science, technology, and engineering. This brought about the National Defense Education Act that introduced the federal government in setting goals for educating kids in America.
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Head Start is funded by the Economic Opportunities Act.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made education available equally to all
children in public schools. This allowed more children of many
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is created in 1965 to help low income families to get educations. It benefits schools in buying new and better materials and updating facilities. It also created school lunch programs to help kids get a meal for the day.
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The No Child Left Behind Act bill is passed.
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Operation Military Child Care is started to support the child care needs of parents who are activated and deployed.
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President Obama passed an act in 2013 called the Preschool for All Initiative. It created high quality preschool nationwide. It promotes access to education for children under the ages of 4.