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Johann Pestalozzi established the first school known to teach preschool age children in Zurich.
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Elizabeth Peabody founded the first English speaking kindergarten in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1860.
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Swiss Psychologist, Jean Piaget created the Stages of Cognitive Development, Identifying four stages. Today many pre-school and primary programs are modeled on Piaget's theory.
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Worlds largest organization that works on behalf of the education children.
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Head Start Program began as an eight week summer experiment by Congress in The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, later became a permanant fixture of American Education.
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U.S. Department of Education establishes Even Start, a literacy program offered to the Nations low income families. It was designed to fight against poverty caused by low literacy rates in children and their parents.
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This bill was passed to ensure that every child regardless of their economical status received the same education. It authorizes government funding to schools in low income areas.
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President Obama proposed a voluntary, federal-state partnership administered by the Department of Education to provide publicly funded, high quality pre-school. The schools must maintain standards in order to receive funding, but the school services are free to children and families.
