Chapter IV: Progressive Notes in Elementary Education 58

I. The Kindergarten 58

II. Translating the Three R's 59

III. Playing at Mathematics 60

IV. A Model English Lesson 61

V. An Original Fairy Story 65

VI. The Crow and the Scarecrow 67

VII. School and Home 68

VIII. Breaking New Ground 71

IX. The School and the Community 72

X. New Keys for Old Locks 74

XI. School and Shop 76

XII. Half a Chance to Study 79

XIII. Thwarting Satan in the Summer Time 80

XIV. Sending the Whole Child to School 81

XV. Smashing the School Machine 84

XVI. All Hands Around for an Elementary School 86

XVII. From a Blazed Trail to a Paved Highway 90

CHAPTER V. KEEPING THE HIGH SCHOOL IN STEP WITH LIFE 92

I. The Responsibility of the High School 92

II. An Experiment in Futures 92

III. The Success Habit 95

IV. The Help-out Spirit 97

V. Joining Hands With the Elementary Schools 98

VI. The Abolition of "Mass Play" 101

VII. Experimental Democracy 103

VIII. Breaching [the] Chinese Wall of High School Classicism 105

IX. An Up-to-Date High School 107

X. From School to Shop and Back Again 109

XI. Fitting the High School Graduate Into Life 110

XII. The High School as a Public Servant 114

CHAPTER VI. HIGHER EDUCATION AT LOWVILLE 116

I. Lowville and the Neighborhood 116

II. Lowville Academy 117

III. The School's Opportunity 119

IV. Field Work as Education 120

V. Real Domestic Science 122

VI. One Instance of Success 123

CHAPTER VII. A GREAT CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM 125

I. "Co-operation" and "Progressivism" 125

II. An Educational Creed 127

III. Vitalizing the Kindergarten 129

IV. Regenerating the Grades 132

V. Popularizing High School Education 137

VI. A City University 140

VII. Special Schools for Special Classes 141

VIII. Special Schools for Special Children 144

IX. Playground and Summer Schools 145

X. Mr. Dyer and the Men Who Stood With Him 147

CHAPTER VIII. THE OYLER SCHOOL OF CINCINNATI 153

I. An Experiment in Social Education 153

II. An Appeal for Applied Education 156

III. Solving a Local Problem 157

IV. Domestic Science Which Domesticates 159

V. Making Commercial Products in the Grades 161

VI. A Real Interest in School 162

VII. The Mothers' Club 163

VIII. The Disappearance of "Discipline" 165

IX. The Spirit of Oyler 167

CHAPTER IX. VITALIZING RURAL EDUCATION 170

I. The Call of the Country 170

II. Making Bricks With Straw 171

III. Making the One-Room Country School Worth While 182

IV. Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse 187

V. A Fairyland of Rural Education 188

VI. The Task of the Country School 193

CHAPTER X. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS 195

I. Miss Belle 195

II. Going to Work Through the Children 196

III. Beginning on Muffins 197

IV. Taking the Boys in Hand 200

V. "Busy Work" as an Asset 201

VI. Marguerite 203

VII. Winning Over the Families 204

CHAPTER XI. WIDE-AWAKE SLEEPY EYE 207

I. Fitting Schools to Needs 207

II. Getting the Janitor in Line 208

III. The Department of Agriculture 209

IV. A Short Course for Busy People 212

V. Letting the Boys Do It 214

VI. A Look at the Domestic Science 214

VII. How It Works Out 216

VIII. Theoretical and Practical 217

CHAPTER XII. THE SOUTH FOR THE NEW EDUCATION 220

I. A Dream of Empire 220

II. Finding the Way 222

III. Jem's Father 224

IV. Club Life Militant 228

V. Canning Clubs 234

VI. Recognition Day for Boys and Girls 235

VII. Teaching Grown-Ups to Read 236

VIII. George Washington, Junior 237

IX. A Step Toward Good Health 239

X. Theory and Practice 242

XI. A People Coming to Its Own 249

CHAPTER XIII. THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW EDUCATION 251

I. The Standard of Education 251

II. Standardization Was a Failure 252

III. Education as Growth 254

IV. Child Needs and Community Needs 255

V. The Final Test of Education 257

THE NEW EDUCATION