Is John Dewey in Government Schools?
by Kathy Brown on May 30th, 2009 | 0 comments
John Dewey had tremendous influence on our school system from 1904 to 1950. His idea of education was the pursuit of "outcomes" rather than the pursuit of Truth. He was committed to Humanism, and his "progressive education" has taken root in America.
There is very little debate today on whether public government schools are effective deliverers of top-notch academic scholarship, let alone excellent character builders. They are not. The question is how can change be made. The consistently wrong answer is: pour more money into government schools. This has been done year after year with no end in sight. As long as taxes fund only the statist worldview, without examining the root issues, things will not get better.
If John Dewey was right, and his goal to get "educated" based on Secular Humanism is correct, then we should see "results." Why is it that private and home schoolers "opt" (buy) their way out? Whether they know it or not, they are evacuating the premises of a wholey inadequate basis for knowing what is real, moral and true.
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