While schools may vary in how they define this approach, the nonprofit Progressive Education Network says progressive schools aim to engage students “as active participants in their learning and in ...

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 ...

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Progressive education last week was compared, by one of its high priests, to Christianity. Burton Philander Fowler, veteran progressive educator and Presbyterian, wrote in the New York Times that the ...

Last week the Progressive Education Association held its 20th annual convention in Manhattan, discussed everything from the mischievousness of babies to New York’s forthcoming World’s Fair. Brightest ...

Teachers are frequently reminded during their careers to “meet the students where they are.” It’s a common-sense idea: there are things students know and can do today, and other things they should be ...