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Martin Luther fought for the establishment of schools to teach children to read. -
Latin Grammer schools were made for sons of certain social classes. This was the first school that was in the United States. -
John Amos Comenius produced the first children's picture book, "The World Illustrated". -
John Locke believed that children come into the world with an empty mind and that they get their knowledge through actions and experiences. 1632-1704 -
The first school that was considered to be able to teach preschool children was established by Johann Pestalozzi. -
The Boston English High School was the first public high school in America. -
Friedrich was the one who created kindergarten in Germany in 1837. He was also a German educator. -
Robert Owens believes that environmental play is a major factor in a child's development. -
Dewey had created a curriculum that was based around a child's interest. -
Montessori created the Montessori method. The method believes that children best learn based on the environment they are in. For instance, they will learn best if the enviroment is supportive.
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In St. Louis, a new school named Des Pres school opened the first publicly funded Kindergarten. Susan Blow was the one who fought for this concept. -
This was designed to be able to raise awareness and to help children with issues of that time. This included but is not limited to neglected children. -
Bronfenbrenner was a child psychologist, who studied children. Bronfenbrenner believed that children learned through interaction with their teachers, parents, and classmates.
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NAEYC is a nonprofit associations that represents children and people who advocate for the education of young children. -
Brown VS. The Board of Education is a landmark in Supreme Court cases. Which rules that segregation of children in public schools is unconstitutional. This fight lasted from December 9th, 1952 till May 17th, 1954. -
At the age of six, She was the first African American to integrate into an elementary school in the South. In 1999, she created The Ruby Bridges Foundation. This helped create change in education. She is American Activist. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act emphasizes that children get all equal opportunies to education. -
Head Start is a United States Health and Human Services program that helps low-income families get nutrition, early childhood education, and parent involvment services. -
In 1969, Kindercare was founded as a for-profit early childhood education facility. -
Marian Wright Edelman founded the Children's Defense Fund, which is nonprofit organization that mainly focuses on children's advocacy and research. -
NAFCC promotes early childhood care at a high quality in environments for family childcare programs. -
The Childcare and Development Block grant is a way that provids federal funds to children 13 and under of low-income families. -
The Nold ChildLeft Behind Act was passed by congress in 2001 and was signed into law by George W. Bush on January 8th 2002. This act states that states must test the students in 3rd-8th grade on reading and math. Then once in high school. -
This act was passed by Barack Obama that created high-quality preschools nationwide. -
Barack Obama reauthorized this law builds on the major areas of the progress.