History of Education By gabrielagomez20 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 Period: 1880 to 1921 American Progressive Period 1906 Maria Montessori 1917 Smith Hugh Act Period: 1921 to 1940 The Great Depression Period: 1930 to 2025 Modern History of Education 1938 John Dewey 1947 Dick & Jane Readers 1947-1973 1948 B.F. Skinner - add Theory of Behaviorism 1954 Brown vs the Board of Education Topeka 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka 1956 Theory of Behaviorism to B. F. Skinner 1958 National Defense Education Act 1958 National Defense Education Act 1964 Civil Rights Act 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1972 Title IX Of The Education Amendments 1974 Education for All Handicapped Children Act 1974 Equal Educational Opportunities Act 1980 Back to the Basics 1980 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IDEA 1990 Education of Handicapped Act Amendments Americans with Disabilities Act Mar 31, 1994 Goals 2000 act of 1994 2001 Amended 1997 No Child Left Behind Act 2004 IDEA Improvement Act IDEA 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA