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William Torrey Harris
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- As a prominent urban school superintendent and U.S. Commissioner of Education in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century, William Torrey Harris defined and addressed problems facing public education and in doing so helped establish the framework for educational administration as a profession. Born into a prosperous Connecticut farming family in 1835, Harris attended Yale College for 2 years before moving west for an uncertain future in St. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Harris, William Torrey (1835–1909)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/William_Torrey_Harris
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