QUOTE(Herschelkrustofsky @ Thu 10th March 2011, 10:03am)
Dewey was more or less the polar opposite of Humboldt, and engineered the overthrow of classical education in the US. Instead of public education being the students' gateway to the world of ideas, Dewey offered “pragmatismâ€.
No, No, No —
Seriously, you need to do a whole lot more reading on this.
Jon Awbrey