history of education By 068088 Period: 1600 to 2025 history of education Period: 1600 to 1776 American colonial period 1650 Horn Book 1700 Dame schools 1600-1776 Period: 1776 to 1840 american early national period 1780 Benjamin Franklin 1790 thomas jefferson started first free public school 1830 common schools 1836 mcguffey readers 1837 horace mann - father of education 1840 friedrich frobel Period: 1840 to 1880 american common school period 1850 normal schools - teachers 1862 morrill act of 1862 Period: 1880 to 1921 american progressive period 1900 Sigmund Freud 1906 maria montessori 1917 smith-hughes of 1917 Period: 1921 to 1940 the great depression era 1930 Lev Vygotsky 1930 Arnold Gesell Period: 1930 to 2025 Modern History of Education 1930 - 2025 1938 john dewey 1945 Jean Piaget 1947 dick & jane readers 1947-1973 1950 Diana Baumrind 1950 T. Berry Brazelton 1950 Lawrence Kohlberg 1950 Benjamin Spock 1950 Abraham Maslow 1950 Rudolf Dreikurs 1954 brown v. board of education of topeka 1958 National Defense Education Act of 1958 1960 B.F. Skinner- theory of behaviorism 1960 John Bowlby 1960 Erik Erikson 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 Educational Opportunities Act 1974 1974 Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1974 1980 Back to the Basics 1980 1990 Education of Handicapped Act Amendments Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 1994 Goals 2000 act of 1994 - 3/31/1994 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA 1990 - Amended 1997 2001 No Child Left Behind Act 2001 2004 IDEA Improvement Act IDEIA 2004 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA 2015