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.

You’ve got to hand it to Michelle Rhee: She succeeded in building a movement around reforming the education system based on standardized tests. While those of us who are proponents of progressive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. NEW YORK – As a ...

Radicals at the Door: The New Issue of NR Is Out Alas, There Will Be More Tariffs to Come Audio By Carbonatix Reader John Rylanders points Cornerites to this very interesting October 2006 interview of ...

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 ...

IN the winter of 1923, a wealthy lady, and a friend, took me to see the Lincoln School in New York. All her four children were in it, and the school’s progressive achievements were her pride and joy.

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 ...

I have spent much of my career in higher education, as a law professor and college president, but I am also a trustee of a small independent K-12 school in my hometown of Portland. Our school prides ...