Preface 7
Part One Primary Grades 13
1 The universal trap 15
2 Visiting a school 35
3 The present moment in progressive education 40
Part Two High School 49
4 A proposal to extend compulsory schooling 51
5 The universe of discourse in which they grow up 64
6 Programmed 80
7 Teaching science 92
Part Three College 103
8 ＂I don＇t want to work－why should I?＂ 105
9 An unteachable generation 113
10 Two simple proposals 122
11 A usual case－nothing fancy 131