The material on the Gary plan has been generally confined to bulletins,
magazine articles, and educational reports. One of the best discussions
of the Gary school is to be found in a chapter of Professor Dewey’s
recent book, which contains, in addition, the educational theory and
historical background upon which the Gary plan has been worked out by
Superintendent William Wirt, himself a pupil and disciple of Dewey. I
give here a list of the Gary material which I have used. Some of it is
generally available, some not. I am much indebted to these
investigators. I have even plagiarized from myself.
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_Books and Bulletins_:—
John Dewey and Evelyn Dewey: _Schools of To-Morrow_. New York: E. P.
Dutton & Co.
William Paxton Burris: _The Public School System of Gary, Indiana_.
Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Education (1914), No. 18.
(To be obtained free of charge from the Commissioner of Education,
Washington, D.C.) An excellent and very enthusiastic report of a
long investigation of the Gary schools.
Graham Romeyn Taylor: _Satellite Cities_. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Chapters VI and VII of this book contain a comprehensive account of
the history and social conditions of the city of Gary up to date.
_Magazine articles_:—
John Franklin Bobbitt: “The Elimination of Waste in Education.” _The
Elementary School Teacher_, February, 1912.
Charles S. Coons: “The Teaching of Science in the Gary Schools.”
_School and Society_, April 17, 1915. Able discussion of the
philosophy which motivates Gary education, by the teacher of
chemistry in Froebel School, Gary.
Raymond Dean Chadwick: “Vitalizing the History Work.” _History
Teachers’ Magazine_, April, 1915. By the history teacher in the
Emerson School, Gary.
Randolph S. Bourne: “Schools in Gary”; “Communities for Children”;
“Really Public Schools”; “Apprentices to the Schools”; “The Natural
School.” Five articles in the _New Republic_, March 27, April 3,
April 10, April 24, May 1, 1915. A mere impressionistic survey of
the schools based on a personal visit in March, 1915.
_Reports_:—
William Wirt: _A Report on a Plan of Organization for Coöperative and
Continuation Courses_. Department of Education, City of New York.
_The Reorganization of Public School 89, Brooklyn, New York._ Report
made January 19, 1915, to President Thomas W. Churchill, Board of
Education, New York City.
_Report upon a Proposed Reorganization for Public Schools 28, 2, 42,
6, 59, 44, 5, 53, 40, 32, 4, and 45, The Bronx, New York City._
These three reports are invaluable as a discussion of the philosophy
and technique of many of the features of the Gary plan, discussed
by the Gary Superintendent of Schools.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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