Major Developments in Early Education

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  • Garden of Children

    Garden of Children (Kindergarten) was created by Friedrich Frobel.

  • Publicly Funded Kindergarten

    First publicly funded Kindergarten started in St. Louis by Susan Blow

  • Montessori School

    Maria Montessori founded her first school

  • Kindergarten is mandatory

    South Carolina made Kindergarten mandatory.

  • Student Reading requirement

    Louisiana student reading skills requirement.

  • Third-grade reading retention law

    Florida's third-grade retention law into effect.

  • Common Core

    South Carolina replaced common core standards.