...classroom experience that I saw in those middle-class kindergartens across the river. In Dewey's words, "What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children" (Dewey, 1900/1956). The problem was that I held an implicit assumption that "the best...

...very much longer. The words of two great educators are worth considering here: First, from John Dewey: "What the best and wisest parent wants for his own...must the community want for all of its children." And, from James Comer: "Schools are going to have to modify the way they work to make it possible for...

...democracy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Thirty-Nine The Best and Wisest Parent David J. Flinders What the best and wisest parent wants for his own...and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy. —The School and Society, MW 1: 5 How do we decide who are the "best and wisest" parents? What makes...

...'s expectations but adds an important caveat to one of Dewey 's most widely quoted positions, that "what the best and wisest parent wants for his own...must the community want for all of its children." In arguing that this is not enough, she introduces two important dimensions into the meaning of democratic...

...or a feedback sheet you would use after you had reviewed your teachers' conference summary sheets. What the best and wisest parent wants for his own...that must the community want for all of its children. - John Dewey Perhaps the Florida Today editorial staff had John Dewey's words in mind as they wrote...

...the twenty-first century. John Dewey, perhaps America's greatest educational theorist, wrote in 1900, "What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy."38...

...enhance healthy development. xvii Introduction What the best and wisest parent wants for his [or her] own child that must the community want for all of its children. Any other idea . . . is narrow and unlovely. — John Dewey Lack of success at school is one of the most common...

...little to today's critic of progressive education. We are reminded, however, of John Dewey's remark: "What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children." 7 Even though many of the schools did not include the student diversity that we would...

...they have never known a mother or father or a grandparent is unthinkable. John Dewey wrote in 1902, 'What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all its children.' Once we begin to view each child in the foster care system through this new lens - as...

...connectedness, school safety, attendance, and school achievement. Defining the Focus: Practitioners Speak What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must a democracy want for all its children. Anything less is a diminution of the society. John Dewey Democracy...