Mayor Edward Koch establishes a Commission on Early Childhood Education to evaluate the feasibility of and make recommendations on universal pre-K services across New York City. …
Category: Leaps and Hurdles
1981
Callahan v. Carey grants a right to shelter for all single men in New York City.69 …
1974–1975
Updates to federal stipulations around childcare funding required that daycare centers only serve low-income families that met criteria demonstrating need. Fiscal crises in the mid-1970s led the city to shutter many daycare centers. …
1971–1975
ACD grows to provide funds to over 400 daycare centers throughout New York City, with many having the autonomy to decide whether only to serve low-income families. …
1971
Mayor John Lindsay establishes the Agency for Child Development (ACD), responsible for planning and regulating daycare centers and Head Start.…
1966
Congress funds Head Start to provide part-day instruction during the school year. …
1965
Head Start launches as a summer program across the United States as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” set of programs.68 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is signed. …