1. Timothy Jolie: Timothy Jolie was a famous English educator, most well known for his work as a nonconformist minister.
2. Binda Prasad Khattri: Binda Prasad Khattri was a famous Indian educator, most well known for her poetry, writing, and social work during the early 1900s.
3. Peter Stark: Peter Stark is a famous English educator, most well known for his work as a conductor and a music educator.
4. Thomas Glenn Carpenter: Thomas Glenn Carpenter is a famous American educator, most well known for his teachings in economics.
5. Aaron Burr, Sr.: Aaron Burr, Sr. was a famous American educator, most well known for his founding of the College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, during colonial America.
6. Marjorie Lee Browne: Marjorie Lee Browne was a famous American educator, most well known for being the second female African-American to receive a doctoral degree, and her work in mathematics.
7. Charles Henry Keyes: Charles Henry Keyes was a famous American educator, most well known for being the president of the Throop Polytechnic Institute.
8. Li Hsi-mou: Li Hsi-mou was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work in electrical engineering and political influence.
9. Du Zuozhou: Du Zuozhou was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work in psychology and his published writings.

10.  Karla Jessen Williamson: Karla Jessen Williamson is a famous Greenlandic educator, most well known for being the first woman and first Inuk to hold the position of Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of North America, as well as her work in anthropology.

11.  Carmen Lyra: Carmen Lyra, born Maria Isabel Carvajal was a famous Puerto Rican educator, most well known for her writing and political activism for the Communist Party.

12.  Yang Guanghua: Yang Guanghua was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a chemical engineer. He was also a pioneer of China’s oil industry.

13.  Jeremiah Atwater: Jeremiah Atwater was a famous English educator, most well known for his work as college president and minister.

14.  Edmund Candler: Edmund Candler was a famous English educator, most well known for his work in journalism and his depictions of colonial India.

15.  August Siemering: August Siemering was a famous German Texan educator, most well known for his writing and political leadership.

16.  Willard Earl Givens: Willard Earl Givens was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as executive secretary of the National Education Association.

17.  Ivan Nikolaev: Ivan Nikolaev was a famous Soviet educator, most well known for his work as a constructivist and later industrial architect.

18.  Zhou Rongxin: Zhou Rongxin was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for work as a politician and architect.

19.  Thomas A. Bartlett: Thomas A. Bartlett is a famous American educator, most well known for having served as president for a number of different universities.

20.  Ifor Owen: Ifor Owen was a famous Welsh educator, most well known for writing, publishing, and illustrating the first children’s comic book in Welsh.

21.  Mary Ellen Jones: Mary Ellen Jones is a famous American educator, most well known for having served as a New York state senator.

22.  Ba Denian: Ba Denian is a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as an immunologist and physician.

23.  Richard Slaughter: Richard Slaughter is a famous Australian educator, most well known for his study of critical futures, and his work as co-director of Foresight International.

24.  Ralph W. Tyler: Ralph W. Tyler was a famous American educator, most well known for his work in the field of assessment and evaluation, and his influence in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

25.  D. Bruce Johnstone: D. Bruce Johnstone is a famous American educator, most well known for having served as president of Buffalo State College as well as Chancellor of the State University of New York.

26.  Zing-Yang Kuo: Zing-Yang Kuo was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his world famous studies of experimental and physiological psychology. He was also the president of Zhejiang University.

27.  Claude T. Smith: Claude T. Smith was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a band composer and conductor, with over one hundred compositions.

28.  Alan Haskvitz: Alan Haskvitz is a famous American educator, most well known for being inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame and being named a “Hero in Education.”

29.  Jane Elliott: Jane Elliott is a famous American educator, most well known for her work as an anti-racism activist and career in diversity training.

30.  Jiang Menglin: Jiang Menglin was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a writer and politician, as well as serving as the president of Peking University.

31.  Li Shouheng: Li Shouheng was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a chemist and chemical engineer, as well as having founded the first chemical engineering department in China.

32.  Zheng Xiaocang: Zheng Xiaocang was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a translator and writer.

33.  John Maclean: John Maclean was a famous Scottish educator, most well known for his political work as a Socialist and Marxist educator.

34.  Du Qinghua: Du Qinghua was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a physicist, having pioneered aeronautic and astronautic material engineering in China.

35.  Ho Ping-sung: Ho Ping-sung was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a writer and historian.

36.  Alan November: Alan November is a famous American educator, most well known for his work as an educational consultant and using Web 2.0 technologies in education.

37.  Eduard C. Lindeman: Eduard C. Lindeman was a famous American educator, most well known for having pioneered a number of contributions in adult education.

38.  Richard P. Mills: Richard P. Mills is a famous American educator, most well known for having served as the Commissioner of Education in both New York and Vermont.

39.  Robert Teichmuller: Robert Teichmuller was a famous German educator, most well known for his work as a concert pianist and music educator.

40.  John Haskell Hewitt: John Haskell Hewitt was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a classical scholar and having served as president of Williams College.

41.  Chien Shih-Liang: Chien Shih-Liang was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a chemist.

42.  Lawton C. Johnson: Lawton C. Johnson was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as an education administrator devoted to excellence and hard work, and who never missed a single day of work in his forty-seven year career.

43.  Pan Tianshou: Pan Tianshou was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as a painter and art educator in modern China.

44.  Clarence Barbour: Clarence Barbour was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as president of Brown University and clergyman.

45.  Alvin C. Eurich: Alvin C. Eurich was a famous American educator, most well known for his having served as the first president of the State University of New York.

46.  Bruce Alexander Johnstone: Bruce Alexander Johnstone is a famous educator from New Zealand, most well known for his work for developing the StudyEdge skills course.

47.  Joseph C. Burke: Joseph C. Burke is a famous American educator, most well known for his work as president of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, as well as having served as Acting Chancellor of the State University of New York.

48.  Roger Neumann: Roger Neumann was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a jazz musician and music educator.

49.  Alexis Constant: Alexis Constant was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for her work as a composer, pianist, and music educator.

50.  Todd Bullard: Todd Bullard was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as president of Potomac State College.

51.  Maria Baldwin: Maria Baldwin was a famous American educator, most well known for having served as the first African-American principal at a Massachusetts school.

52.  Geoffrey Winthrop Young: Geoffrey Winthrop Young was a famous British educator, most well known for his work as a poet, climber, and author of a number of well known books on mountaineering.

53.  Carleton B. Gibson: Carleton B. Gibson was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as an industrial educator.

54.  Bruce Miller: Bruce Miller was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work in politics and his community activism.

55.  Soteria Aliberty: Soteria Aliberty was a famous Greek educator, most well known for her work as a feminist. She founded the first Greek women’s association, Ergani Athena.

56.  Qian Dehong: Qian Dehong was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work in philosophy and writing during the late Ming Dynasty.

57.  Hu Jimin: Hu Jimin was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work in the field of nuclear physics and plasma physics.

58.  Joan Herman: Joan Herman is a famous American educator, most well known for her work as director of the University of California, and as an evaluator for school reform.

59.  Himie Voxman: Himie Voxman is a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a musician, having written many volumes of wind instrument literature.

60.  Ernest Seitz: Ernest Seitz was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as a composer, songwriter, pianist, and music educator.

61.  Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul: Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul was a famous French educator, most well known for his work as a composer and music educator.

62.  Herbert Gintis: Herbert Gintis was a famous American educator, most well known for his work in the field of behavioral science.

63.  John Cerminaro: John Cerminaro is a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a professional horn player and music educator.

64.  Henry M. Littlefield: Henry M. Littlefield was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a historian, as well as his claim that “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” was political satire.

65.  Henri Challan: Henri Challan was a famous French educator, most well known for his work as a composer and his work at the Conservatoire de Paris as a faculty member.

66.  William Greenleaf Elliott: William Greenleaf Elliot was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a Unitarian minister and civic leader in Missouri.

67.  Dejan Bravnicar: Dejan Bravnicar was a famous Slovenian educator, most well known for his work as a violinist.

68.  Andrew DeGraffenreidt: Andrew DeGraffenreidt was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a politician and for being the first African-American commissioner in Fort Lauderdale.

69.  Gordon Delamont: Gordon Delamont was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as an author, composer, and musician.

70.  Edmund Kirby Smith: Edmund Kirby Smith was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as an officer of the United States Army and a Confederate general.

71.  Albert Chamberland: Albert Chamberland was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as a composer, conductor, violinist, and music producer.

72.  Michel Perrault: Michel Perrault was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as a composer, percussionist, and music educator.

73.  Gail S. Altman: Gail S. Altman is a famous American educator, most well known for her work as a biographer and scholar of Beethoven.

74.  Gwen Thompson: Gwen Thompson is a famous Canadian educator, most well known for her work as a violinist and music educator.

75.  Clark Ross: Clark Ross is a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as a guitarist and orchestral musician.

76.  Vaclovas Birziska: Vaclovas Birziska was a famous Lithuanian educator, most well known for his work as an attorney and bibliographer.

77.  Hojo Tokiyuki: Hojo Tokiyuki was a famous Japanese educator, most well known for his work as a mathematician and political leader.

78.  Benoit Verdickt: Benoit Verdickt was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as a choirmaster and composer.

79.  Gloria Ladson-Billings: Gloria Ladson-billings was a famous American educator, most well known for her work as a pedagogical philosopher, art educator, and scholar.

80.  Alvin Eisenman: Alvin Eisenman was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a graphic designer at Yale.

81.  Patricia Blomfield Holt: Patricia Blomfield Holt was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for her work as a pianist and composer.

82.  Rutledge Pearson: Rutledge Pearson was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a civil rights leader and human rights activist.

83.  Wang Guosong: Wang Guosong was a famous Chinese educator, most well known for his work as an electrical engineer as well as having pioneered electrotechniques in modern China.

84.  H. W. Harkness: H. W. Harkness was a famous American educator, most well known for his work in the field of mycology and history, particularly on California fungal species.

85.  Jesus Eduardo Amaral: Jesus Eduardo Amaral is a famous Puerto Rican educator, most well known for his work in the field of architecture.

86.  Marlene Robottom: Marlene Robottom is a famous British educator, most well known for her work in academia and the field of education.

87.  Pleasant Rowland: Pleasant Rowland was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as an entrepreneur and philanthropist.

88.  Boris Berlin: Boris Berlin was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as a pianist and composer.

89.  Daniel T. Lewis: Daniel T. Lewis is a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a Libertarian activist.

90.  William F. Edwards: William F. Edwards was a famous American educator, most well known for his work in the field of economics and business.

91.  Ashley Horace Thorndike: Ashley Horace Thorndike was a famous American educator, most well known for her work as an expert on William Shakespeare.

92.  John Guthrie Tait: John Guthrie Tait was a famous Scottish educator, most well known for his work as the principal of the Central College of Bangalore before the First World War.

93.  Alphonse Martin: Alphonse Martin was a famous Canadian educator, most well known for his work as a music educator and composer.

94.  Lee Bollinger: Lee Bollinger is a famous American educator, most well known for his work in the field of law.

95.  Don Edward Schultz: Don Edward Schultz is a famous American educator, most well known for his work in the field of Integrated Marketing Communications.

96.  Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: Sarah Lee Brown Fleming was a famous American educator, most well known for her work as a social and community activist, as well as being the first African-American teacher in the Brooklyn school system.

97.  William Pinar: William Pinar was a famous American educator, most well known for his work as a curriculum theorist and scholar of international studies.

98.  Robert Cody: Robert Cody is a famous American educator, most well known for his work as one of the most important performers of the Native American Indian flute.

99.  Paul Steenstrup Koht: Paul Steenstrup Koht was a famous Norwegian educator, most well known for his work as a politician for the Liberal Party.

100. Constance Rourke: Constance Rourke was a famous American educator, most well known for her work as an author.

Below is the list of the top ten graduate programs in education in the United States as determined by the US News ranking system.  There are also rankings for several specializations such as curriculum and instruction; we will touch on those ratings briefly as well.

Vanderbilt University: The Peabody College of Education and Human Development has an entire department dedicated to Special Education and another to Teaching and Learning.  The Masters of Education (M.Ed.) is designed to prepare students for teaching licensure; one of the specializations for potential secondary school teachers is Math and Science – two of the fields where the teaching shortage is particularly acute.
Teachers College at Columbia University: This graduate level institution has several departments with teaching degrees scattered among them.  One option is a twelve month program for a Masters in Curriculum and Teaching that can move the graduate into an administrative role.  Other degree options include Literacy Specialist, Gifted Education and three Masters Degrees tracks for the field of mathematics education.

Harvard University Graduate School of Education has a Master of Education degree program with fourteen areas of specialization.  Several of them are fast tracks to leadership and/or administrative roles.  The program in Education Policy and Management could lead to work in the government sector or in research.  The Master of Education in School Leadership can lead to Massachusetts licensure as a school principal.

Stanford University: In keeping with its standing as a preeminent research university Stanford has a large and comprehensive doctoral program in education.  There are twenty one field of study, several of which have multiple tracks of their own.  The Masters of Education options include several that are oriented to policy and administration and two dual degree options for an MA in Education/MBA and an MA/Juris Doctor.

University of Oregon: School of Education has several public school professional options not always found in graduate education programs.  There is a Masters of Music Education option that includes most of the coursework for a Masters in Music as well.  There is also a Masters in School Psychology and a graduate program for Early Intervention.

Johns Hopkins University School of Education has four departments, one of which is dedicated to Teaching and Education Leadership.  The Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education offers Master’s Degrees in Teaching the Adult Learner and in Urban Education; one meant for continuing education and the other for educational perseverance.

University of California at Los Angeles has a polyglot of MA and PhD programs in its Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.  One of the more interesting options is the Master of Education in Student Affairs which is meant to prepare graduates for assuming that professional role in colleges, universities and community colleges.

Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy offers a one year option for the Masters in Learning Sciences that is designed for research work and presumably a PhD program.  The course of study “focuses on learning from three interacting perspectives, namely, cognition, design and social context.”

University of Wisconsin School of Education has several departments besides Teacher Preparation, as do most of the graduate schools of education.  One of the options for a Master of Education at Wisconsin is in Educational Psychology, a different discipline and focus than School Psychology.  Within Educational Psychology there are four specialization tracks, one of which is Human Development.

University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Education offers a Master of Education, Mathematics, Science and Technology (EMST) that mixes research and classroom activity together as part of the academic requirements.  Students are asked to develop innovative instructional strategies and then study them in classroom settings.  The degree is preparation for a career in instructional design or educational policy.