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Greatest Educators in History

Teachers whose methods or convictions changed what schooling can be.

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Maria Montessori

2

Confucius

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John Dewey

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bell hooks

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Paulo Freire

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Anne Sullivan

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Friedrich Froebel

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Booker T. Washington

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Helen Keller

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Jaime Escalante

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