Education

Information in 43 entries includes 23 college presidents, superintendents of public schools in Washington, DC and Oakland and Los Angeles, California, one U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one U.S. Commissioner of Education, and one Deputy, the originator of safety standards and yellow color for school buses, a pioneer of physical education and sports for women, initiator of National Assessment of Education Progress, first woman vice chancellor for academic affairs in the nation, first blind public school teacher in nation, founder of three junior colleges, co-founder of New School of Social Research, two leaders of progressive education based on John Dewey’s theories, a secretary and founding editor of National Education Association, and one appeared on cover of Time.

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