http://wiki.edsight.org/ 2026-04-15T00:27:46+00:00 http://wiki.edsight.org/ http://wiki.edsight.org/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-04-14T17:11:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=celestina_cordero_molina&rev=1776186690&do=diff Celestina Cordero y Molina (1787-1862) Biography Celestina Cordero y Molina was an Afroboricua educator who opened the first school for girls in Puerto Rico and is remembered as a pioneer of racial equity, labor rights, and gender justice in Spanish colonial education. Born in San Juan in 1787, she lived her entire life as a liberta — a free Black woman — at a time when Spanish rule in Puerto Rico rested on an economy of chattel slavery that would not be formally abolished until 1873. Her pare… 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 2025-08-08T07:18:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://wiki.edsight.org/doku.php?id=david_kolb&rev=1754637532&do=diff David Kolb (1939-) Biography David Allen Kolb was born on December 12, 1939, in Moline, Illinois, in what he described as a “small midwestern farm town.” Partly due to the influence of his mother, Kolb developed an interest in learning and ideas from an early age, standing out among his peers who did not seem very interested in education at the time. His first encounter with experiential learning occurred in the 6th grade when his teacher organized a United Nations forum simulation where stude… 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