THE SCHOOL AND SOCIETY. 
I 
THIRD EDITION. A MOST IMPORTANT 
BOOK FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS 
By JOHN DEWEY. PROFESSOR OF PED- 
AGOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
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N this book, which has been characterized as “one of the most noteworthy 
books of the year, in the field of pure pedagogy,” the educational situation 
is clearly stated and graphically illustrated, and new light is thrown upon some 
interesting phases of educational reform. 
The problem of elementary education is 
one of special importance to teachers, parents, 
and school boards, and Proressor Drewes 
clear exposition of the relation of t 
school to the larger society and the every 
day world cannot fail to be of interest. The 
“fads and frills” of the Public School 
main despite their critics, but they cannot be 
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assimilated. PROFESSOR DEWEY gives 2 
of these 
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luminous statement of the meaning 
branches for the school and for life. 
been his good fortune to have stepped out 
of the field of theoretical pedagogy and t0 
stand upon the successful results of four 
years’ experimentation in the Elementary 
School of the University of Chicago 
The ideas behind it and the methods of 
applying them are presented here in a stylé 
neither abstruse nor technical. 
“ . 
We consider Professor Dewey’s little book worthy of careful study 01 the part : 
Parents, for children are now everywhere being trained to some extent on the 
‘ an advocate, while parents are too often 
Principles.”—New York Christian Advocate. 
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