Francis Wayland Parker

Francis Wayland Parker

male, deceased (1902)
american civil war, prisoner of war, pedagogy, Educator, normal school, American…Alternativeeducation
Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the...
Caleb Gattegno

Caleb Gattegno

male, deceased (1988)
mathematician, Language education, reading, educational philosophy, Educator, educational psychology…Alternativeeducation, secondary education, mathematics education, Primary education
Caleb Gattegno (1911-1988) was an Egyptian mathematician of Jewish origin, teacher, author and lecturer, known for using color as a tool in his...

Mary Leppert

female
Greensboro, Non-fiction writer, random house, Homeschooling, American, Alternativeeducation
Mary Leppert is the founder and publisher of The Link Homeschool Newspaper (1995) and The Link Homeschool Newspaper Online (1999). The Link...
Phoebe Child

Phoebe Child

female
Educationist, Alternativeeducation, English, Montessori Method
Phoebe Child (1910-1990) was one of the pioneers of the Montessori Method of children's education and a co-founder of the Montessori World...

Stanislav Shatsky

male
Educator, Humanist, Russian, Educationist, Alternativeeducation, vygotsky…progressive education, Education in the Soviet Union
Stanislav Shatskii (alternative spelling Shatsky) (1878-1934) was an important late tsarist and early Soviet humanistic educator, writer, and...

Louis Colaianni

male
Educationist, Non-fiction writer, Phonetician, American, Alternativeeducation, shakespeare
Louis Colaianni (born April 29, 1959 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a prominent voice, speech, dialect and text director in the professional theatre,...
Cecil Reddie

Cecil Reddie

male, deceased (1932)
Scottish, Educationist, Alternativeeducation, Abbotsholme School
Cecil Reddie, is the founder and headmaster of Abbotsholme School, 1889–1927.

Eugene "porky" Lee

male, deceased (2005)
Lung cancer death, From Fort Worth, Texas, Brain tumour death, Our Gang kid, child actor, porky…Alternativeeducation, alternative school
Eugene Gordon Lee (October 25, 1933-October 16, 2005) was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing in the "Our Gang" ("Little...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

male
Roman Catholic, died from stroke, poet, novelist, Theologian, writer…Alternativeeducation
Rousseau lived for thirty years with an uneducated seamstress named Thérèse Lavasseur, whom he met in 1745. They had five children, all of whom Ro...