author
Frank E. (Frank Ellsworth) Spaulding
1866–1960
A major American educator of the early 20th century, this author wrote practical books on reading, spelling, and school administration shaped by decades of work in public education. His career stretched from classroom concerns to big-picture questions about how schools should be organized and improved.
2 Audiobooks
A First Reader
by Frank E. (Frank Ellsworth) Spaulding, Catherine T. (Catherine Turner) Bryce
A second reader
by Frank E. (Frank Ellsworth) Spaulding, Catherine T. (Catherine Turner) Bryce
About the author
Born in Dublin, New Hampshire, in 1866, Frank Ellsworth Spaulding became an influential educator whose work connected teaching, curriculum, and school leadership. He is remembered both for writing instructional books and for helping shape debates about how modern public schools should operate.
Spaulding served as superintendent of the Cleveland public schools and later joined Yale, where he led its department of education and served as Sterling Professor of Educational Administration. His published work includes books on language teaching, reading, spelling, and educational management, reflecting a strong interest in making school systems more effective and measurable.
He lived a long life, dying in 1960, and left behind a body of work that captures an important moment in American education, when schools were becoming larger, more formal systems and educators were trying to balance practical classroom teaching with new administrative ideas.