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 ...

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 ...