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Nov 24, 1882 Sacramento, California, United States Died on 19 Sep 1935 (aged 52)
American educator
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- William John Cooper (November 24, 1882 – September 19, 1935) was an American educator who served as US Commissioner of Education from February 1929 to July 1933. According to the New York Times: "His fundamental theory of education, which he often repeated, was that the ultimate goal of teaching should be, not how to make a living, but how to live.
- Nevertheless, he believed that the system of education in this country should break away from the older traditions of Europe and seek to express the cultural developments of the New World.
- In one of his last public addresses Dr.
- Cooper urged a complete reorganization of the education system in this country to bring the schools into closer harmony with modern conditions."
