The Progressive Journal of Education. Vol. 2 No. 7. May 15, 1910.

The Progressive Journal of Education. Vol. 2 No. 7. May 15, 1910.

Contents: Items of Interest, The New Education by Prof. John Ward Stimson, The Scope of Economic Study by May Wood-Simons, The Teaching of Sex in the Public Schools by Jessie Phelps, Khakiizing the Public Schools, The Rising of the Submerged, Progressive Forces are Moving, The Shadow on the Sword by J. Howard Moore, A Tragedy in a Russian Bastille, An Economic Interpretation of American History by A.M. Simons, Social Conditions and Theories in the Græco -Roman World by Prof. W.A. Oldfather.

The Progressive Journal of Education was a project of the Socialist Party, particularly A.M. Simons and May Wood-Simons, but included intellectuals like John Dewey outside of socialism. Published monthly in Chicago for only two years between 1908 and 1910 and edited by Peyton Boswell, the Journal not only covered left and ‘progressive’ ideas on education, like the Ferrer Schools, but was also a forum on how to teachers might teach Marxism to young people. For that end, the Journal published essays on US history, economy, and the class struggle, as well as on issues of public education. Many of the articles in the Journal, one of the few Marxist-edited popular education periodicals in US history, remain of interest to educators and scholars of education.

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