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Comment by Bruce Deitrick Price on January 26, 2015 at 6:20pm

I would suggest that the secret to understanding Dewey's work is to understand that when he says "democratic," he means "socialistic." Fabian Socialists had been told not to use  this word. If you are in favor of socialism, then you will want to support Dewey. I, however, do not support him for two reasons. First, I'm not a socialist and, second, he is lying all the time. We have  epidemic dishonesty in education precisely because Dewey could never tell the truth about his plans.

Also see my "25: Phooey on John Dewey"         http://www.improve-education.org/id42.html

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Comment by Gary Swain on January 25, 2015 at 5:20pm

Obviously, someone who has never read Dewey and has no clear understanding of his democratic, pragmatic vision for society. Sad that a countrymen with such a hopeful message for America would be so wrongly dismissed. Nothing wrong to have some instructional concerns with dewey's emphasis on discovery-type methods but to poo-poo on his entire project is disconcerting to one who has dedicated much time to understanding his work.

Comment by Diane Thomas on January 24, 2015 at 9:38am

Right you are!  It's time the politicians focused on fixing what is wrong in Washington that is affecting our National Security.  Why can't they present a balanced budget? Enforce immigration laws!  Repeal and Defund Obama Care that is killing jobs in America.  Welfare to work initiatives.  Maybe some of the life long benefits in "Government Service" that keeps career politicians serving themselves and not this country should be removed unless they meet the "standards"  2014-2015 focus on common core in Education may be just another distractor from what really needs to be worked on in Washington!