Thomas Jefferson and education
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Thomas Jefferson and education
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Thomas Jefferson's involvement with and support of education is best known through his founding of the University of Virginia, which he established in 1819 as a secular institution after he left the presidency of the United States. Jefferson believed that libraries and books were so integral to individual and institutional education that he designed the university around its library. In 1779, in "A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge," Jefferson proposed a system of public education
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2008-07-21T17:53:16Z
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2024-08-27T07:37:29Z
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