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A history class is studying the impact of various US leaders on education. The students are given a slogan that represents a leader's educational philosophy and are asked to identify the leader. The slogan is "Freedom in learning, power to the states - Education that reflects our diversity!"

Which leader's ideas on education does it best represent?

Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington

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Thomas Jefferson.

He championed public education as essential to a republic, favored decentralized (state and local) control of schooling, and promoted free inquiry and a broad curriculum (e.g., founding the University of Virginia and arguing for separation of church and state in education). These ideas match the slogan’s emphasis on freedom in learning, state power, and an education responsive to a plural society.