Educators who founded a named school, program or system of teaching for children, including the HighScope curriculum for early childhood, the monitorial system of primary education and a widely known private elementary school. A person belongs here when the cited article names the school, program or system the person founded or created. It excludes builders of national education systems, who sit in their own group. Their programs spread because other teachers could copy the structure and see the results for children.
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Wikipedia: David P. Weikart
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David P. Weikart (August 26, 1931, December 9, 2003) was an American psychologist and founder of the HighScope Curriculum, an early childhood education program.
Wikipedia: Joseph Lancaster
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He developed, and propagated on the grounds both of economy and efficacy, a monitorial system of primary education.
Marva Collins (Wikipedia)
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Collins is best known for creating Westside Preparatory School, a widely acclaimed private elementary school in the impoverished Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, which opened in 1975.
Encyclopedia.com (Encyclopedia of World Biography): Bell, Andrew
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