Amos Bronson Alcott
innovative teacher, father of Louisa May Alcott
Susan Wise Bauer
English professor, College of William & Mary
Catharine Beecher
co-founder of the Hartford Female Seminary
George Washington Carver
African-American educator, Tuskegee Institute
Jill Ker Conway
first woman president of Smith College
Erik Demaine
associate professor of Computer Science at MIT
Timothy Dwight
President of Yale University
William Samuel Johnson
President of Columbia College
Kristin Maguire
Head of the South Carolina Board of Education
“How many children should a person have in public school in order to be qualified to head a state school board? None, according to Kristin L. Maguire, the mother of four home-schooled children and the chair-elect of the South Carolina board of education.” http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/01/09/17stjour.h27.html?tmp=83265304
Horace Mann
"Father of the American Common School"
Charlotte Mason
Founder of Charlotte Mason College of Education
Joyce Reed
Associate Dean of the College, Brown University
Fred Terman
President of Stanford University
Frank Vandiver
President of Texas A&M University
Booker T. Washington
teacher and founder of Tuskegee Institute
Noah Webster
"Father of American Christian Education"
John Witherspoon
President of Princeton University
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