John Dewey Quotes
To be interested is to be absorbed in, wrapped up in, carried away by, some object. To take an interest is to be on the alert, to care about, to be attentive.
Dewey, John. Democracy and Education. Macmillan, 1916, p. 148.
This high school is one of the better schools in the country with a terrific track record of graduation and college attendance with a mostly poor, minority population—especially boys. They have a very intensive, total time consuming curriculum focused on technology careers. The time on task is their most distinguishing feature. Students in such a school program actually spend up to 2 hours a day in active learning more than students in most high schools. This is one third more time that these students spend in active learning.
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.
