By all accounts I have read, that is the description of John Dewey. However, just as I am sure the cow that started the Chicago fire was sweet and docile (as most cows are), this one man has caused incalculable damage to the educational system in this country.
I have just begun to read the book pictured here. It is a short read, but filled with a thorough explanation of why Dewey's ideas and influence are so insidious. Sure, I knew Dewey was really a socialist at heart. Yes, I knew he was hostile to religion of any sort. But I never really thought that he purposefully sought to change the nation through education. I had no idea that he actually knew it was a shortcut through our nation's lengthy political process. Because of his reputation as "a quiet, humble man", I thought of him as a nice guy who accidentally brought a deadly virus virus into American education. With Edmundson's look at each and every one of Dewey's writings (the book took 20 years to finish) one can only come away understanding that the current education system Is anything but an accident. It is a mess, for sure, but it is so by design.
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