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Caleb Mills (July 29, 1806 – October 17, 1879) was an American educator who served as the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Indiana and was the first faculty member at Wabash College. He played a central role in designing the public education system of Indiana.
Caleb Mills was an American educator known as the father of Indiana’s public schools. Mills, the son of a farmer, was educated at local schools and at the Pembroke Academy before entering Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. He graduated in 1828 and then pursued theological studies at Andover.
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Aug 13, 2020 · So wrote Caleb Mills, the single most important advocate and architect of Indiana’s system of public education, in 1846. At a time when COVID-19 is straining public budgets,...
Feb 26, 2015 · Caleb Mills WAS that one man and his life’s work was even greater than the ad supposed. Mills arrived in Indiana in November of 1833 in miserably cold, wet weather with his new bride, Sarah. Accompanying them were her sister, Lydia Marshall and a missionary teacher, Salina Wyatt.
Caleb Mills House Mills was the first professor at Wabash and is in large measure responsible for the status of Wabash as an independent college. He also is considered the father of the public school system in Indiana.
The Caleb Mills Distinguished Teaching Award is the university's recognition of our most distinguished teachers, and several from the college have earned it over the years. It was first awarded in 1968. Caleb Mills (July 29, 1806 – October 17, 1879) arrived in Crawfordsville, Indiana from New Hampshire in November 1833 as the first and, for a ...
This thesis examines how the writings of Caleb Mills impacted the development of public education in Indiana and includes an edition of two unpublished addresses by Mills, “A Lecture on Popular Education” and “Knowledge is Power.”
