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My Pedagogic Creed is published, detailing the opposition to rote learning and the philosophy of educating "the whole child"
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The National Committee on Nursery Schools is founded by Patty Smith Hill; it becomes the National Education (NANE) and eventually the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
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Hampton Institute, Spellman College, and Bennett College open black laboratory nursery schools, emphasizing child development principles as in other lab schools and serving as training center.
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The Works Progress Administration (WPA) opens emergency nurseries for relief of unemployed teachers during the Great Depression.
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Marion Wright Edelman establishes the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), a Washington-based lobby on behalf of children, particularly children of poverty and color.
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The Child Care Development Block Grant is established to improve the quality,availability, and affordability of child care programs.
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The U.N. Children's World Summit includes the following goals to be reached by the year 2000: (1) to reduce child mortality below age 5 by one third; (2) to provide universal access to basic education; and (3) to protect children in dangerous situations.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is passed by Congress, requiring programs of all sizes to care for and accommodate the needs of children with disabilities whenever they are reasonably able to do so.
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The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) passes, providing new parents with 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave.
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Twelve states in the United States still provide no state preschool for their children.
