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Innovators in education

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Argued that all children should learn together in “common” schools; overall his contributions led to a more egalitarian and democratic society. Some credit Mann with spearheading the most successful progressive social movement of the 19th century   Horace Mann  
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the first Archbishop of New York;fiery debates between Hughes and members of New York’s prominent Protestant establishment helped to set in motion the secularization of American public schools   John Joseph Hughes  
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Beecher’s aversion to the social expectations for women in her well-heeled sphere expressed itself early in the founding of the Hartford Female Seminary.   Catherine Beecher  
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philosophy of racial solidarity, self-help and accommodation, advocated vocational education for African Americans as a way to teach his community the manual skills that would help them work their way up the social ladder and improve economic status   Booker T. Washington  
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held that what African Americans needed was “real education” that would teach African American children “to know, to think and to aspire.”- debated B.T. Washington   W.E.B. Dubois  
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Dewey’s School and Society (1899) espoused the notion that ideas should be grounded in experience; argued that education should be based on the child’s psychological and physical development, as well as the world outside the schoolroom   John Dewey  
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Relying on new industrial management theory, Cubberley designed an administrative system for schools; as been criticized for his emphasis on efficiency and bureaucracy to solve complex educational problems(advocated complete state control)   Ellwood Cubberley  
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head of the American Federation of Teachers; became a leader in the standards movement, arguing that social promotion offered no incentives for children to excel.   Albert Shanker  
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The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education was unanimous — the doctrine of “separate-but-equal” was inherently unconstitutional. 3rd-grader in the 1950's   Linda Brown Thompson  
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organized the Mexican American Youth Organization, a vehicle for social activism. Later he established a political organization, La Raza Unida; introduction of a new curriculum that stressed Latino history and achievements, and bilingual education   Jose Angel Gutiérrez  
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founded Central Park Elementary School (CPE), a highly successful alternative school emphasizing active learning; progressive philosophy created an environment of nurturing adults with high standards   Deborah Meier  
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ounder of the Core Knowledge Foundation-leading voice in what can best be described as the “back to basics” movement; fact-based approach to education; approach has also been criticized for its Eurocentric perspective   E.D. Hirsch, Jr.  
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