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Jane Elliott (née Jennison; [2][3] born November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class [a] on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The publication of compositions which ...
Peter S. Kim, professor of biochemistry, former president of Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), 2003–2013. Brian Kobilka, professor in medical school, 2012 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry. Arthur Kornberg, professor of biochemistry, winner of 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Roger D. Kornberg, professor of structural biology ...
Bob Ross. Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter and art instructor who created and hosted The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States, CBC in Canada, and similar channels in Latin America, Europe and elsewhere.
Radcliffe College (BA) Notable works. The Story of My Life (1903) Signature. Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old.
Carolyn Abbate [ 17 ] – Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor. Henry Louis Gates Jr. [ 3 ] – Alphonse Fletcher University Professor. Stephen Greenblatt [ 18 ] – John Cogan University Professor. Mikhail Lukin [ 19 ] – Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professor.
African-American teachers educated African Americans and taught each other to read during slavery in the South. People who were enslaved ran small schools in secret, since teaching those enslaved to read was a crime (see Slave codes). Meanwhile, in the North, African Americans worked alongside Whites. Many privileged African Americans in the ...
Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education, he is thus also known as The Father of American Education. [1] In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was ...
The rapid expansion of education past age 14 set the U.S. apart from Europe for much of the 20th century. [ 82 ] From 1910 to 1940, high schools grew in number and size, reaching out to a broader clientele. In 1910, for example, 9% of Americans had a high school diploma; in 1935, the rate was 40%. [ 190 ]