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How Gertrude Teaches Her Children, by Pestalozzi, emphasizes home education
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Horace Mann, known as the “Father of the Common
Schools” because of his contributions in setting up the
U.S. elementary school system, becomes Secretary of
Massachusetts State Board of Education -
The Butler School at Hampton Institute is opened as a
free school for black children, including kindergarten
curriculum for five-year-olds -
First teacher-training program for kindergartners,
Oshkosh Normal School, Pennsylvania. -
Freud cites the importance of early experiences to
later mental illness, ushering in the beginning of psychoanalysis and the emphasis on the importance of
the first five years -
International Kindergarten Union founded
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Deptford School, an open-air school in the slums of
London, is opened by Margaret McMillan. The school
emphasizes health and play, thus coining the phrase
“nursery school.” -
Hampton Institute, Spelman College, and Bennett
College open Black laboratory nursery schools, emphasizing child development principles as in other lab
schools and serving as training centers. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is passed,
requiring programs of all sizes to care for and accommodate the needs of children with disabilities whenever they are reasonably able to do so -
In the U.S., the “Leave No Child Behind” legislation is
passed.
