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Elliott was born in 1933 to Lloyd and Margaret (Benson) Jennison on her family's farm in or near Riceville, Iowa.She was the fourth of several children. [6] [7]In 1952, after graduating from high school, Elliott attended the Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), where she attained an emergency elementary teaching certificate in five quarters.
Vivian Paley. Vivian Gussin Paley (January 25, 1929 – July 26, 2019) was an American pre-school and kindergarten teacher and early childhood education researcher. She taught and did most of her research at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, as well as the author of numerous books.
Hollis Caswell. Hollis Leland Caswell (October 22, 1901 – November 22, 1988) [1] was an American educator who became an authority on curriculum planning in schools. He directed surveys of curriculum practices in several school systems, and wrote several books on the subject. Caswell joined the editorial advisory board of the World Book ...
Ronald Lyle Clark, Jr. (born October 24, 1972) [1][2] is an American educator and reality television personality. He has taught in North Carolina and New York City; later in life, he founded the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark is a New York Times bestselling author and motivational speaker on the topic of inspiring educators.
John I. Goodlad (August 19, 1920 – November 29, 2014) was an educational researcher and theorist who published influential models for renewing schools and teacher education. [1][2] Goodlad's book, In Praise of Education (1997), defined education as a fundamental right in democratic societies, essential to developing individual and collective ...
Katie Rinderle is an American former elementary school teacher in Cobb County, Georgia. She is the first known public school teacher fired under Georgia's 2022 student protection laws for choosing a controversial book to read to the students of the gifted program of her school. The Protect the Students' Rights Act (or "divisive concepts" law ...
Judith Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult, and adult fiction. [1] Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 26 novels. [2] Among her best-known works are Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (1970), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972), Deenie (1973), and Blubber (1974).
Martina Sofia Helena Bergman-Österberg (née Bergman; 7 October 1849 – 29 July 1915) [1] was a Swedish -born physical education instructor and women's suffrage advocate who spent most of her working life in Britain. After studying gymnastics in Stockholm she moved to London, where she founded the first physical education instructors' college ...