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Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King emphasized the need for schools to teach kids to read. When MLK brought the importance of reading the bible to peoples attention, the idea to teach reading in schools was more accepted. -
John Locke
Locke believed that environment and experience molded the mind of a child. He believed that children learned early in life and being taught and nurtured by their caregiver at an early age would give them an education boost. -
Jean Rousseau
Rousseau believed teachers should teach students at their own timetable. Teaching should match the individual child's developmental level. -
Susan Blow
Susan Blow ran the first public kindergarten in St. Louis for 11 years without being paid.She believed if you gave children a good start to education it would spark their interest to continue to learn. -
Friedrich Froebel
Froebel believed children would lead their own timetable and that teachers should let it unfold on its own rather then force it. He believed children learned through play. -
Maria Montessori
American Montessori Society.
Maria Montessori developed the method of teaching as an approach that values the human spirit and the development of the whole child physical, social, emotional, cognitive. It has been widely used for over 100 years. -
No Child Left Behind
U.S act of congress passed to improve education for children. It was intended to close the educational gap by providing all children with an equal and fair chance at a good education. Ran until 2007. -
Preschool for all
Our former President, Barack Obama believed that early childhood education was essential to children's future education. He approached congress with his preschool for all initiative which included providing a high quality of education for all children age 4 and up.