American educator and humanist who, with John Dewey, profoundly influenced the delivery of education in the early part of this century, helping to define child-centred approaches to humanist instruction that continue to be evident in public schools
Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism. What can the theistic Sunday schools, meeting for an hour once a week, and teaching only a fraction of the children, do to stem the tide of a five-day program of humanistic teaching? 1930 - from Humanism: A New Religion