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Friedrich Froebel wrote "Education of Man" which described the first system of kindergarten (Child's garden). This opened the door for him to open the first kindergarten in Blankenburg, Germany in 1837.
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Margarethe Schurz opens the first kindergarten in the United States. Later, in 1860, Elizabeth Peabody opened the first English-speaking kindergarten in Boston, MA.
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Oshkosh Normal School serves as the first teacher-training program for kindergarten.
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Maria Montessori opened "Casa di Bambini" in the slums of Rome, Italy to serve the underprivileged. This led Montessori to develop an educational philosophy and program to guide children's growth through the senses and practical life experiences. This set the stage for the first Montessori school in the US to open in NYC in 1915.
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Dr. Benjamin Spock wrote "Baby and Child Care". This was essentially the baby bible for the next few decades. It encouraged a more permissive attitude toward children's behavior.
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Brown v. Board of Education decided that "separate but equal" had no place in public schools
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Congress passed the Economic Opportunity Act in 1964. This became the foundation for Head Start programs in the US, as part of the federal war on poverty.
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The Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare subsidize the Children's Television Workshop, which developed the Children's TV show "Sesame Street."
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The Child Care Development Block Grant was established. Its goal was to improve the quality, availability and affordability of child care programs.
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Deadline for NAEYC accredited programs to have 50% of teachers holding a bachelor's degree and the remainder to have at least an associates degree
