I have been teaching at Sarah Lawrence College for almost 15 years now. Despite its many problems, one of the College’s greatest assets is its progressive education. Regrettably, this pedagogical tool ...

Americans of all ideologies want kids to have an opportunity for a great education. But the national education debate is often more turf war than policy discussion. Conventional public schools are ...

Ever since Arthur Bestor and Rudolf Flesch wrote their famous attacks on progressive education in the early 1950s, blasting this form of education has been a blood sport for certain education critics.

As a part of their progressive education, students who used Montessori’s binomial cubes in earlier grades at Council Oak Montessori School for puzzles rediscover the cubes in the upper levels for more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...