History of Education By andreardz7 Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 2025 History of Education Period: 1600 to 1776 American Colonial 1650 Horn Book 1700 Dame Schools 1700 Period: 1776 to 1840 American Early National Period 1780 Benjamin Franklin 1790 Thomas Jefferson Started the first public schools 1830 Common Schools 1836 McGuffey Readers 1840 Friedrich Froebel 1850 Normal School 1858 Horace Mann Period: 1880 to 1921 The American Progressive Period 1906 Maria Montessori 1917 Smith Hughes Period: 1921 to 1940 The Great Depression Period: 1930 to 2025 Modern History of Education 1938 John Dewey Period: 1947 to 1973 Dick & Jane Readers 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 1958 National defense education act of 1958 1960 B.F. Skinner- Theory of Behaviorism 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 1972 IX Of The Education Amendments of 1972 1974 Equal Educational Opportunities Act 1975 Education For All Handicapped Children Act 1980 Back to the Basics 1980's 1984 Carl Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1984 1994 Goals 2000 Act of 1994 Nov 2, 2002 Tecah Act of 2002
