Jefferson helped push education ahead and allowed for a strong foundation for future universities and colleges. Jefferson's will and drive were there to protect the "unlimitable freedom of the human mind to explore and to expose every subject susceptible of its contemplation." If it were not for Thomas Jefferson, the educational system, as we know it might not exist today. For this I think we owe him our eternal gratitude.

 

 

New York Free School Society founded by Dewitt Clinton. Provided education for poor children. This focused attention on the need for free public education.

 

 

Philip Emanuel von Fellenberg used Pestallozian ideas of manual labor on his farm in Switzerland. This resulted in 3 other types of schools: agricultural, industrial reform, and the manual labor schools.

Fellenberg of Hofwyle, Switzerland addressed education of all social classes through a variety of educational activities, including trade instruction. Ideas provided influence for educational developments in the United States.