A classic "experimental" education by the Columbia University Professor and philosopher, written in collaboration with his daughter at the beginning of the 20th century. It was hailed at its publication in 1915 as "the most significant and informing study of educational conditions that has appeared in twenty years." According to the author: "What actually happens when schools start out to put into practice, each in its own way, some of the theories that have been pointed out as the soundest and best since Plato." A classic work in the history of American education.