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“The philosophy of the classroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government of the next.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
Harvard
Yale
Early American Education
This university was founded by Congregationalists to train ministers of the gospel and other church
leaders. It produced signatories to the declaration such as; John Hancock, Samuel Adams, William Ellery,
William W, William Hooper, J Adams, William T. Paine and Elbridge G. and signers of the constitution
such as William S. Johnson and Rufus King, also it has produced other prominent leaders like; F. Ames,
a framer of bill of rights, William Cushing the original supreme court justice and Timothy P., who served
as a general in the revolutionary war and a secretary of war in Washington and Adams era.
Harvard mottoes are; “For Christ and the church” and “For the glory of Christ”.
It was started by Congregationalist for the purpose of training of ministers and leaders of the gospel, it
produced signers of the declaration such as; Larry H, Phillip Livingstone, Lewis Morris and Oliver
Wolcott and also produced signers of the constitution like; Abraham B, Jared Ingersoll and William
Livingstone and other prominent leaders such as Noah Webster, a famous educator and author of the
Webster dictionary, Zephaniah S, who authored the first America’s law book and James Kent , a leading
judge and farther of America jurisprudence
Princeton
It was started by the Presbyterian church to train ministers of the gospel, It produce signers of the
declaration such as; Richard Stockton and Benjamin Rush and produced also signers of the constitution
such as; Gunning Bedford, Jonathan Dayton, James Madison, and William Paterson, also produced other
prominent leaders such as; Oliver Ellsworth, who served as America chief Justice of the supreme court,
Henry Lee a general in the American Revolution and William Bradford, attorney General in George
Washington Government.
1642 Old Deluder Satan Act
Early Educational Laws
This Act was created with the purpose of making more families send their children to by increasing the
numbers of school masters and grammar school masters within towns. Illiteracy was a concern at that
time since many could not read the Laws of the land or the bible for that matter
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1787 Northwest Ordinance
It was the first federal law to address education, it was passed at the identical time and by the identical
founding fathers, who drafted the first amendment, it declared that religion, morality and knowledge are
necessary for good government and happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall
forever be encouraged.
Early Educational Pioneers
Benjamin Rush
He one of the Signers of the declarations, helped open schools for women, he also helped in foundation
of five colleges also a University professor, he wrote text books and he also proposed the introduction of
national wide public schools.
Noah Webster
He is regarded as the father of American scholarships; he is the author of Webster dictionary, a text books
author and also a spelling reformer.
The New England Primer
It was a standard issue book used in both in early American public and religious schools, and was
centered around the three basic elements of education at that time which were Religion, Morality and
Knowledge.
Benjamin Franklin
He was a signer of both the declaration and the constitutions and helped build a series of schools for
African Americans training students in both Education and Christianity. It combined the study of alphabet
with bible reading.
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Thomas Paine
He is famous for authoring of two influential pamphlets that inspired American revolutionaries leading to
independence from Britain and his ideas contributed to drafting of the human rights act.
McGuffey Readers
Famous American Textbooks and Educators
These were a series most of widely used elementary schools text books used in early American public
schools. These readers featured lessons in literature, morality and society development.
Emma Willard
She was an American women’s activist who dedicated her life to fight illiteracy especially among who
were marginalized, she founded several women schools and pioneered the first school for women’s higher
education.
Booker T. Washington
He was an African American education activist; wrote several books and started organizations to help the
black community embrace education and he was once an advisor to the president.
Daniel Webster
He was a lawyer by profession and later became a senator, but he dedicated most his youthful life as
educator, he is known to have served as a school teacher and as headmaster
Measuring Results of Educational Philosophies
Martin Luther
Advocated that public education should be available to all so that they can understand the scriptures of the
lord and be able to question their civil governments. He also stated that an illiterate society is a sinful and
unlawful society.
SAT Scores, Literacy Rates,
Academic Achievement, etc. It was created in 1926 by the college board membership of educators as a highly reliable standardized to
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democratize entrance to college for all students but has been degraded over time.
Proven Elements of a Sound Education
1. Religion
2 Morality
3. Knowledge
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