http://wiki.edsight.org/ 2026-04-15T00:32:33+00:00 http://wiki.edsight.org/ http://wiki.edsight.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-04-14T06:03:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=thomas_jefferson&rev=1776146595&do=diff Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) Biography Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, is equally significant as an educational reformer who sought to align public schooling with the demands of a new democratic republic. Born in Shadwell, Virginia, Jefferson was formally educated at the College of William & Mary between 1760 and 1762, where the mentorship of Dr. William Small and the lawyer George Wythe exposed him to Enlightenmen… text/html 2026-04-14T17:29:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=deborah_meier&rev=1776187746&do=diff Deborah Meier (1931-) Biography Deborah Meier is an American educator, author, and school founder who has been a leading voice in U.S. educational reform for more than fifty years and the first K–12 teacher to receive the MacArthur Fellowship. Born on April 6, 1931, in New York City to Joseph and Pearl Willen — both politically active, with Joseph running the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and Pearl volunteering widely and running once for City Council — Meier was raised in a household co… text/html 2025-06-16T13:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=bhimrao_ramji_ambedkar&rev=1750081549&do=diff Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) Biography Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956), popularly known as Babasaheb, was a prominent figure in Indian history, revered for his contributions to social reform and education. Born into the Mahar community, considered untouchables in Maharashtra, Ambedkar overcame societal barriers to become a leading voice for the oppressed. His family's improved economic status, thanks to British policies allowing people of all castes to join the army, enabled him to pu… text/html 2026-04-14T17:06:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=cai_yuan_pei&rev=1776186407&do=diff Cai Yuanpei (1868–1940) Biography Cai Yuanpei (蔡元培) was one of the most influential educators and thinkers of modern China, widely credited with transforming Chinese higher education during the turbulent transition from the Qing dynasty to the Republic of China. Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, Cai received a rigorous classical education in the Confucian tradition, passing the imperial examination at a young age and earning the prestigious jinshi degree, after which he briefly served as an… text/html 2026-04-14T17:14:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=marcus_tullius_cicero&rev=1776186865&do=diff Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE) Biography Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman lawyer, statesman, orator, and philosopher whose writings on rhetoric, law, and civic life have exerted a longer continuous influence on Western education than those of almost any other ancient figure. Born in 106 BCE in Arpinum, Italy, to a wealthy but politically obscure family, Cicero was what the Romans called a novus homo — a text/html 2025-06-16T13:45:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=wiki:syntax&rev=1750081549&do=diff Formatting Syntax DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing