Education history timeline

  • 1500

    Martin Luther

    Promoter of teaching of reading in schools.
  • John Locke

    Believed that children are molded and shaped by there experiences in life.He also said teachers made children because they listen to what they are taught
  • John Amos Comenlu

    Created the first children's picture book, known as the father of education
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    thought children would be who they would be and believed that hands on learning was best.
  • First public kindergarten in St.Louis

    Susan blow worked hard to bring public education to her town by the time she died there were 400.
  • Garden of Children

    Created by Friedrich Frorbel, he based his belief on the fact that children are unique he also made froebel toys made especially for kids, he believed that learning happened through play.
  • Elementary and Secondary Act

    Created in 1965 to help low income families receive an education.It benefits schools in buying new and updated materials, it also created the school lunch program to help kids get a meal during the day.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    Created to sustain the ESEA, Makes it so schools are accountable for there teaching efforts. To be funded schools have to test and be adequate in there progress.