Here are the matches for the educational influencers and their accomplishments:
- This person created the first American dictionary: b. Noah Webster
- This person encouraged educators to recognize each individual's learning style: j. Howard Gardner
- This person became the principal of the Tuskegee Institute: i. Booker T. Washington
- This person is known for making high-quality education available to anyone online: h. Sal Khan
- This person is best known for his/her contributions to the philosophy of education. He/she believed that students learn best by doing: d. John Dewey
- This person has the ability to influence every student's future: f. A teacher
- This person believed in the importance of aligning instruction with a child's development stage: e. Jean Piaget
- This is known as the "Father of American Education": a. Horace Mann
- This person believed that children are naturally curious, so they should be able to control their own learning: g. Maria Montessori
- This person became the First African American to earn Ph.D. from Harvard University: k. Thomas Jefferson
(Note: It should be clarified that k. Thomas Jefferson is incorrect for item 10; the correct answer is W.E.B. Du Bois. However, if strictly matching the items with the given options, Thomas Jefferson is not correct. Please verify the source or context of the question.)