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John Amos Comenius is the first to realize that children learn through play and writes the first children's book "The World Illustrated"
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Establised the first school to teach preschool children. He first turned his farm into an orphanage. His concept was to improve society but helping individuals to help themselves
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National association for the education of young children (NAEYC) is founded to ensure the quality of early childhood programs. NAEYC was originally known as NANE (National Association for Nursery Education.
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Head start is founded by Jule Sugarman, originally as a sumer program to help low income children catch up before starting school. Is expanded in 1981 to become a year long program to help break the poverty cycle.
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In 1985 NAEYC established voluntary accreditation for early childcare centers to promote high standards for care.
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The Even Start program is founded sto upport local family literacy projects that integrate early childhood education, adult literacy and education, including activities for low-income families with parents who are eligible for services
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The No Child Left Behind Act is signed into congress. The NCLB is a United States Act of Congress that is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, NCLB is based on the concept that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education.
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The preschool for all initiative bill was signed to provide all low- and moderate-income 4-year-olds with high-quality, publicly-funded preschool.