“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation becomes the philosophy of government in the next.” Often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, the statement captures a timely truth. Undeniably, ...

If you are a Progressive in the political sense of the word, here is the philosophy you subscribe to. If you think about public education, you think like John Dewey, the father of a progressive ...

Twenty years ago Progressive Education was a tiny and, in many eyes, a crackpot movement quarantined in a handful of private schools. Today it covers much more territory. Now predominantly a ...

The removal of "progressive" from a school district's tagline, while potentially reflecting local politics, raises concerns about the commitment to educational progress. The Progressive School ...

Democracy, communism, socialism, capitalism and progressivism all have one thing in common: They are based on a philosophy. With each, you can point to documents, books, treatises, governments, rulers ...

As regular readers of this blog know, I’m an advocate for Self-Directed Education. My research and that of others convince me that Self-Directed Education works, is eminently practical, and is far ...

As regular readers of this blog know, I’m an advocate for Self-Directed Education. My research and that of others convinces me that Self-Directed Education works, is eminently practical, and is far ...