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Library of Congress, William Torrey Harris, Superintendent

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Library of Congress, William Torrey Harris, Superintendent, Library of Congress, 1902

"The great purpose of school can be realized better in dark, airless, ugly places ... It is to master the physical self, to transcend the beauty of…

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Bain, William Albert Wirt

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Bain, William Albert Wirt, Library of Congress, 1917

Growing up in a rural farm in Gary, Indiana, William Wirt believed that this upbringing was as elementary to education as many teachings, so when he…

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Current photo - Frank Schulenberg Old photo -Anderson Valley Historical Society, The Peachland School (present and old)

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Current photo - Frank Schulenberg Old photo -Anderson Valley Historical Society, The Peachland School (present and old), Anderson Valley Historical Society, Current photo - 2012 Old photo -c. 1925

A black and white photograph of students with their teacher at the Peachland school. Though schools were still important in the 1920’s, many of them…

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Winslow Homer, The Country School

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Winslow Homer, The Country School, Saint Louis Art Museum, 1871

I touch the future. I teach. Christa McAuliffe, teacher and NASA space shuttle crew member Soon after the American Revolution, our founders argued…

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LBJ For Kids, President Johnson Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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LBJ For Kids, President Johnson Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, LBJ Library, 11/4/1965

President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at a signing ceremony. He sits besides his childhood schoolteacher Ms.…

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Gabriel Moran., Paulo Freire

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Gabriel Moran., Paulo Freire

Freire was born in Recife, Brazil on September 19th, 1921. During this time, Brazil was in the process of industrial transformation and was…

The Stamford Historical Society, New England Primer Part One

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The Stamford Historical Society, New England Primer Part One, The Stamford Historical Society, 1990

Pages from the most popular and used textbook of the 18th century, the New England Primer. Using illustrations, rhyme, and often biblical context,…

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Unknown, Nannie Burroughs, Woman's National Baptist Convention

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Unknown, Nannie Burroughs, Woman's National Baptist Convention, Library of Congress, 1905-1915

Nannie Burroughs leading the Woman’s National Baptist Convention with other members of the convention. Nannie Burroughs was an African-American…

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The Library of Congress, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, First Female Superintendent

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The Library of Congress, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, First Female Superintendent, The Library of Congress, 1910

I believe in it ..[equal suffrage for women]. I have not been an active suffragist because I have kept so busily to my own line, but I realize that,…

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Library of Congress, Mary Emma Woolley, First Female Student to Attend Brown University

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Library of Congress, Mary Emma Woolley, First Female Student to Attend Brown University, Library of Congress, c. 1903

Mary Emma Woolley in her graduating gap and gown, as first female student to attend Brown University and would later become the 11th President of…

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