David Samuel Snedden (1868–1951) was an American educator. The first Commissioner of education in Massachusetts, he left the position to serve on the faculty of Teachers College, Columbia University (1916-1935). Snedden was a pioneer in the field of

educational sociology The sociology of education is the study of how public institutions and individual experiences affect education and its outcomes. It is mostly concerned with the public schooling systems of modern industrial societies, including the expansion of ...

and the social efficiency movement, which promoted vocational education. Snedden was born on a farm in Kavilah, California before attending St. Vincent's College in Los Angeles.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Snedden, David 1868 births 1951 deaths State superintendents of public instruction of the United States Teachers College, Columbia University faculty Loyola Marymount University alumni Educators from California