Early 20th Century Education By salinaa1 Sep 6, 1889 Addams and Starr establish Hull House in Chicago slums Sep 6, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson Sep 6, 1905 California extends public education to children of immigrants Sep 6, 1908 Addams writes The Public School and the Immigrant Child Sep 6, 1910 Addams publishes autobiography, Twenty Years at Hull-House Sep 6, 1912 Montessori publishes The Montessori Method Sep 6, 1915 John and Evelyn Dewey publish Schools of Tomorrow Sep 6, 1918 Free public schools and mandatory attendance for elementary Sep 6, 1918 Bobbitt writes The Curriculum Sep 6, 1926 Separation of primary and secondary education Period: Sep 6, 1929 to Sep 7, 1939 The Great Depression Sep 6, 1932 Counts writes Dare the School Build a New Social Order? Sep 6, 1938 Dewey writes Experience and Education