Bruce Deitrick Price on 'Maria Montessori vs John Dewey"

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Bruce Deitrick Price on 'Maria Montessori vs John Dewey"

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Columnist Bruce Deitrick Price writes about the battle of ideas and intentions in his piece, Maria Montessori vs John Dewey. He suggests one was more concerned about education for all and one was more concerned about making children Socialists:

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Maria Montessori vs. John Dewey

(the fight of the century)

I’ve been studying Rudolf Flesch, the Reading Wars, the Ed Wars, John Dewey, and all points in between. Along the way I learned a lot about Montessori and her losing, bruising battle with America’s top educators. Mainly, I learned that she deserved to win.
Bottom line: let’s don’t get stuck in the details. Montessori was a real educator. She always INTENDS to educate. Dewey was a real Socialist. He always intends to create Socialists. As most people understand the term “education,” Dewey was actually anti-education.
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