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Progressive vs. Traditional: Reframing an Old Debate |
By James H. Nehring
Education Week
Published: February 1, 2006
COMMENTARY
Brian Taylor
I've spent many years working in progressive schools, the chief characteristic of which is that they are not traditional.
Or so we say. In fact, the schools I have worked in and admire are mislabeled. And so, too, are the "traditional" schools with which they are unceasingly compared. It's time to set the record straight: So-called progressive schools are the legacy of a long and proud tradition of thoughtful school practice stretching back for centuries, while so-called traditional schools are the mostly unintended consequence of decades of politically driven and often misguided school reforms that have accumulated like layers of wallpaper on old plaster.
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