William Bennett

Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1943. Received an Undergraduate Degree at Williams College.

Earned Ph.D. in Political Philosophy at the Univ. of TX and J.D. from Harvard.

Biography

Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988.

William Bennett

Head of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1981 to 1985.

Author of ~16 books including The Book of Virtues.Essentialism: The Three C’s: Character, Content and Choice.

ContributionsNational Humanities Center.

William Bennett

Championed school curriculum specific in Math, English, Science, and History.

Tirelessly supported vigorous debate in favor of educational vouchers. Helped bring idea of technology in the classroom to the national stage.

Contributions

Nel NoddingsBiography

Born in Irvington, NJ in 1929.Bachelor’s Degree in Math & Physical Science from Montclair State College.Master’s in Math from Rutgers. Ph.D. in Education from Stanford.10 children and married for over 60 years.

Nel NoddingsContributions

17 years as K-12 math teacher and school administrator.

Author of ~17 books and 200 articles.Modeling, Dialogue, Practice and Confirmation.

Nel NoddingsContributions

Learning and writing.

Advocate of home as the primary educator.

Accomplished scholar in moral education, philosophy of education and educational theory.

Bennett and Noddings

Bennett

SimilaritiesCharacter Education

Differences

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School Choice

Noddings

National Standardized Tests

ProgressivismQuality Electives

Less Standardized Tests

EssentialismCore Subjects