"The Great Debate: Introduction."

• "Tugging at Tradition" The progressive movement offered educators a fresh, 'child-centered' approach to learning.

• "Dewey: The Progressive Era's Misunderstood Giant" John Dewey has been called the "most influential writer on education" this country has produced. He's also one of the most misunderstood educational commentators of the progressive era.

• "Open to Innovation" A relaxed new style of schooling knocks down walls--for awhile.

• "Progressives: The 1950s and the 1960s" Excerpts from the writings of school critics of the 1950's and 1960's.

• "A Blueprint for Change" More than any other public school system, Gary, Ind., applied the ideas of the country's most celebrated and debated educational thinker, John Dewey.

• "The Power and Peril of Idea Driven Reform" The history of school reform indicates that agendas pushed down from above eventually get set aside.

• "Curriculum and Society" Controversies over content and pedagogy are as much about the purposes of school as about how people learn.