Franklin Benjamin Dyer (January 27, 1858 – May 10, 1938) was an American educator who served as superintendent of Cincinnati and Boston Public Schools.
From 1902 to 1903 he served as the first ever dean of the Ohio State Normal School at Miami University.
[4] He established the city's Kindergarten, vocational education, and domestic training programs as well as its first system of guidance counseling.
[4] During his tenure he dealt with a student strike, heatwave, polio epidemic, and a staffing shortage caused by World War I.
[5][6][7][8] He retired in 1918 and returned to Cincinnati, where he spent twelve years as a member of the city's board of education.