history of education By hailey_vargas Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 2025 history of education Period: 1600 to 1776 the american colonial period 1650 horn books 1700 1700 dame school Period: 1776 to 1840 the american early national period 1780 Benjamin Franklin 1790 thomas jefferson 1830 common school 1836 mcguffey reader 1838 mcguffey reader 1840 friedrich froebel 1840 horace mann - father education 1840 Period: 1840 to 1880 american common school period 1850 normal school you went here to become a teacher 1858 horace mann 1862 morril act of 1862 Period: 1880 to 1921 american progressive period 1906 maria montessori 1917 smith hughes act of 1917 Period: 1921 to 1940 the great depression Period: 1930 to 2025 modern history of education 1938 john dewey Period: 1947 to 1973 dick and jane readers 1948 B.F. skinner - theory of behaviorism 1954 brown vs . board of education topeka 1958 the national defense education act 1960 B.F. skinner - theory of behaviorism 1964 the civil rights act of 1964 1965 the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 1972 title IX of the education amendments of 1972 1974 the equal education opportunity act 1975 all handicapped childrens act 1980 back to back movement 1984 carl perkins vocational and technical and ed act of 1984 1990 education of handicap act amendments Americans with disabilities 1994 goals 2000 act of 1994 1997 individuals with disabilities educations act IDEA 1990 2001 no child left behind Nov 2, 2002 teach act of 2002 2004 IDEA improvement act IDEIA 2015 every student succeeds act ESSA