| Description |
xxviii, 448 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
History of schools and schooling ; v. 8
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-430) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. "Schools of tomorrow". Francis W. Parker School : Chicago's progressive education legacy / Marie Kirchner Stone -- Experimental school, experimental community : the Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education in Fairhope, Alabama / Joseph W. Newman -- Adventure with children : reflections on the Park School of Buffalo and American progressive education / Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. -- City and country school : a progressive paradigm / Susan F. Semel -- Lincoln School of Teachers College : elitism and education democracy / John M. Heffron -- Dalton School : the transformation of a progressive school / Susan F. Semel -- Building a new deal community : progressive education at Arthurdale / Daniel Perlstein and Sam Stack -- pt. 2. Schools of today. Closing the door on open education : Butterfield School / Arthur Zilversmit -- Small school grows up : the Free Union Country School / Mary Bushnell -- School that really works : Urban Academy / Mary Anne Raywid -- New vision in progressive public education : the story of the W. Haywood Burns School / Cynthia McCallister -- Progressive education : lessons from the past and the present / Susan F. Semel and Alan R. Sadovnik. |
| Subject |
Dewey, John, 1859-1952. Schools of tomorrow.
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Progressive education -- Case studies.
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Education -- Experimental methods -- Case studies.
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Free schools -- Case studies.
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Educational change -- United States -- History.
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| Added Author |
Semel, Susan F., 1941-
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Sadovnik, Alan R.
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| ISBN |
0820426660 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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