History of Education By NyeshaC Period: 1600 to 2025 History of Education Period: 1600 to 1780 American Colonial Period 1635 1st Public School 1650 Horn Book 1700 Dame Schools 1780 Benjamin Franklin Period: 1780 to 1840 American Early National 1790 Thomas Jefferson 1836 McGuffey Readers 1918 School Attendance Laws in Place 1930 Lev Voygotsky 1930 Arnold Gesell Period: 1930 to 2025 Modern History of Education 1938 John Dewey 1945 Jean Piaget 1950 Lawrence Kohlberg 1950 Diana Baumrind 1950 T. Berry Brazelton 1954 Brown Vs. Board of Education 1958 National Defense Education Act 1960 B. F. Skinner~ Theory of Behaviorism 1960 Erik Erickson 1960 John Bowlby 1964 Civil Rights Act 1965 Head Start Program Begins 1965 Elementary & Secondary Act 1972 Title IX Of The Education Amendments 1974 Equal Educational Opportunities 1980 Back to the Basics 1994 1st Online High School 1994 Goals 2000 Act 2001 No Child Left Behind Established 2004 IDEA Improvement Act 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA