henry barnard

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Definition of henry barnard in English English dictionary

born Jan. 24, 1811, Hartford, Conn., U.S. died July 5, 1900, Hartford U.S. educator. He studied law and entered the state legislature, where he helped create a state board of education and the first teachers' institute (1839). With Horace Mann, he undertook to reform the country's common schools; he was an innovator in instituting school inspections, textbook reviews, and parent-teacher organizations. As Rhode Island's first commissioner of education (from 1845) he worked to raise teachers' wages, repair buildings, and obtain higher-education appropriations. In 1855 he helped found the American Journal of Education. He was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin (1858-61). In 1867 he became the first U.S. commissioner of education, in which post he established a federal agency to collect national educational data

Hyphenation

Hen·ry Bar·nard

Turkish pronunciation

henri bırnärd

Pronunciation

/ˈhenrē bərˈnärd/ /ˈhɛnriː bɜrˈnɑːrd/