John Dewey’s “Democracy & Education” at 100, Day 2

April 1, 2016, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Wisconsin Idea Room, 159 Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall

Topics for discussion include:

  • Does educational decision-making produce democratic outcomes?
  • Have requirements of civic education changed in the last 100 years?
  • Is there a place for common curriculum in progressive education?
  • Does a democratic approach to education undermine minority cultures?
  • Should education for democracy support religiously fundamentalist schools?