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.

FOR a number of years, I enjoyed a reputation among my friends as a stalwart conservative. But of late, on repeated occasions, I find myself abruptly the target of the pitying glances accorded ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Teachers are frequently reminded during their careers to "meet the ...

North American elementary and secondary schools are based on premises “that have been wrong from the beginning and haven’t become any less wrong for a century’s reiteration.” So argues Kieran Egan, a ...

Researchers Forest Romm and Kevin Waldman just published a devastating portrait of undergraduate life at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan, “Performative virtue-signaling has ...

The difference between progressive education and Self-Directed Education lies in the understanding of how such whole-person education occurs. To the progressive educator, it emerges from 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 ...

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 ...