History of Education Timeline By DariaFlores Period: 1600 to 2025 History of Education Period: 1600 to 1776 American Colonial Period 1650 Horn Book 1700 Dame Schools Period: 1776 to 1840 American Early National Period 1780 Benjamin Franklin 1790 Thomas Jefferson 1830 Common Schools 1836 McGuffey Readers 1840 Horace Mann - Father of Education 1840 Friedrich Frobel Period: 1840 to 1880 American Common School Period 1850 Normal Schools 1862 Morrill Act of 1862 Period: 1880 to 1921 American Progressive Period 1900 Sigmund Freud 1906 Maria Montessori 1917 Smith Hugh Act of 1917 Period: 1921 to 1940 The Great Depression 1930 Lev Vygotsky 1930 Arnold Gesell Period: 1930 to 2025 Modern History of Education 1938 John Dewey 1945 Jean Piaget Period: 1947 to 1973 Dick and Jane Readers 1948 B.F Skinner - Theory of Behaviorism 1950 Lawrence Kohlberg 1950 Rudolf Dreikurs 1950 Abraham Maslow 1950 Benjamin Spock 1950 Diana Baumrind 1950 T. Berry Brazelton 1954 Brown v. the Board of Education 1958 National Defense Act of 1958 1960 Erik Erikson 1960 John Bowlby 1960 B.F. Skinner 1964 Civil RIghts Act of 1964 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 1970 Howard Gardner 1972 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 1974 Equal Education Opportunities Act 1974 Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1980 Back to the Basics 1990 Individuals with Disabilites Education Act 1990 Education of Handicapped Act Amendments Americans with Disabilities Act 1994 Goals 2000 Act of 1994 2001 No Child Left Behind Act 2004 IDEA Improvement Act 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act
