I’ve spent many years working in progressive schools, the chief characteristic of which is that they are not traditional. Or so we say. In fact, the schools I have worked in and admire are mislabeled.

American public school education from the very beginning lived by strict traditional doctrines. I began teaching in 1969. At the time, the educators in positions of power were rethinking how to ...

It's been 100 years since John Dewey led the burgeoning progressive education movement in America, which did so much to shape and improve the American public school system. Sadly, by the mid-20th ...

A new study says that while most Californians support the redefinition of marriage and the family, they choose intact marriages and traditional families. "People with the most amount of choice and ...

Part one of the Progressive Tradition Series examines the philosophical and theoretical development of progressivism as a response to the rise of industrial capitalism. Progressivism at its core is ...

Three authors of books on education share their views on whether it is a good idea to combine the frequently warring philosophies of traditional vs. progressive education: ALFIE KOHN: "A little of ...