In 1896, John Dewey established the Laboratory School at the University
of Chicago - an experimental school designed to test his ideas in the
reality of classroom practice. Through a collective portrait of four of
the school's teachers Women Educators in the Progressive Era examines
the struggles and satisfactions of teaching at this innovative school,
and situates the school community in the context of Progressive Era
experimental impulses in Chicago and the nation. This book reassesses
the implications of Dewey's ideas for current efforts to improve
schools, as it explores how the Laboratory School teachers participated
in inquiry designed to advance educational thought and practice.