Their crowning accomplishment was the training of the nucleus of 25,000 English-speaking Filipino teachers who now staff the island schools. Those Thomasites who stayed, weathered cholera and ...

The Thomasites, American teachers who arrived on the ship USS Thomas, played a major role in teaching English across the islands. Over time, Filipinos made the language their own. Filipino writer ...

The last Filipino entry is "Thomasites," referring to American teachers during the American occupation of the Philippines that established a new public school system, taught basic education ...