SCOTT NEARING, Ph.D.

PREFACE

CONTENTS

THE NEW EDUCATION INTRODUCTION

THE OLD EDUCATION I The Critical Spirit and the Schools

THE NEW BASIS FOR EDUCATION [16] I Can There Be a New Basis?

TEACHING BOYS AND GIRLS I The New School Machinery

FITTING SCHOOLS TO CHILDREN I Child Growth A Primary Factor in Child Life

PROGRESSIVE NOTES IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION I The Kindergarten

KEEPING THE HIGH SCHOOL IN STEP WITH LIFE I The Responsibility of the High School

HIGHER EDUCATION AT LOWVILLE [20] I Lowville and the Neighborhood

A GREAT CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM [21] I "Co-operation" and "Progressivism"

THE OYLER SCHOOL OF CINCINNATI I An Experiment in Social Education

VITALIZING RURAL EDUCATION I The Call of the Country

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS I Miss Belle

WIDE-AWAKE SLEEPY EYE I Fitting Schools to Needs

THE SOUTH FOR THE NEW EDUCATION I A Dream of Empire

INDEX

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