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Title: The New Education
A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915)

Author: Scott Nearing

Release Date: October 14, 2008 [EBook #26919]

Language: English

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THE NEW EDUCATION

A REVIEW OF PROGRESSIVE
EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENTS
OF THE DAY

BY

SCOTT NEARING, Ph.D.

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

AUTHOR OF "SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT,"
"THE SUPER RACE," "WAGES IN THE UNITED STATES,"
"SOCIAL SANITY," "REDUCING THE COST OF LIVING," etc.

CHICAGO NEW YORK
ROW, PETERSON & COMPANY

Copyright, 1915
ROW, PETERSON & COMPANY

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PREFACE

During 1910, 1911, and 1912, as a part of a general plan to write a book
on education, I reread a great deal of the classical educational
literature, and carefully perused most of the current material in
magazine and book form. An interest aroused by undergraduate and
graduate work in the department of pedagogy had been whetted by the
revolutionary activity in every field of educational endeavor. The time
seemed ripe for an effective piece of constructive educational writing,
yet I could not see my way clear to begin it. Glaring faults there were;
remedies appeared ready at hand and easy of application; the will of an
aroused public opinion alone seemed to be lacking. By what method could
this wheel horse of reform best be harnessed to the car of educational
progress?

I was still seeking for an answer to this riddle when the editors of
"The Ladies' Home Journal" asked me to consider the preparation of a
series of articles. "We