Timeline early childhood

  • Public school

    The first public school was formed in 1635 by Puritan settlers in Boston MA
  • G. Stanley Hall

    B 2/1/1844, Hall was the founder of child psychology and educational psychology.
  • First nursery school

    Located in New York, 1913 the first nursery school was opened by Caroline Pratt.
  • BF Skinner

    BF Skinner was a behavioral scientist. Believing that students must engage in behavior not just passively obtain information.
  • Head start

    Creation of a comprehensive child development program
  • No child left behind

    Congress reorganized elementary and secondary educational act
  • Common core

    In 2009 Common Core was created to provide consistent learning skills to students
  • STEM

    STEM is presented as an alternation program in schools