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 ED