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Friedrich Frobel
Friedrich established the kindergarten movement in Germany. He financed the schools that taught children ages 7 and under. Froebel also trained elementary teachers. He gave more opportunities for kids to be more self-sufficient and supported play for kids the same age because he understood that it was an important developmental stage for children.
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Horace Mann
Horace Mann funded schools to help prepare teachers to teach in elementary schools. He made elementary schools free for everyone which is funded by tax dollars. The Common School Journal was a journal he started for teachers.
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Margaret Bancroft
Margaret Bancroft founded the first private boarding school that helped disabled children because she believed children with disabilities needed their own school. Bancroft made it so these students all had a special program for their needs. People became curious and trained to later become leaders of special education.
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Booker T. Washington
Booker was a slave and when he was released, he later worked in the industrial education for African Americans. He hoped this would help African American people progress. Washington knew education was the only way for social equality. Slowly public schools became desegregated because of Booker.
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Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori started a school that allowed children to be all hands on instead of it being direct instruction. She made it so the teachers would not directly help the students with their needs but let them do it themselves; they just have to direct the learning and observe. Her schools have made it so students are independent and that is because they get to experience things firsthand. http://bit.ly/2cc9VlZ
