Paul Klapper (July 17, 1885 – March 25, 1952) was a Romanian-born Jewish-American educator from New York.
in 1904 and New York University with a Master of Arts in 1907 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1909.
He was a firm opponent of formal curricula and traditional modes of disciple, and was concerned with raising teachers' economic status and giving them the dignity he felt the profession deserved.
[3] Klapper was a consultant to the Ford Fund for the Advancement of Education,[4] a visiting professor of the University of Chicago from 1949 to 1950, a trustee of the State University of New York and Brandeis University, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Education Association, the New York Council of the State Commission Against Discrimination, the New York State Commission on Need for State University, Phi Beta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Pi.
[5] Klapper died at his home in Flushing, Queens from a heart attack on March 25, 1952.