Wagoner. American Education: a History. New York, NY: Routledge, 2009. Print. External links History of Education: Selected Moments of the 20th Century - "1901– Francis W. Parker progressive school opens", A work in progress edited by Daniel Schugurensky, Department of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT) Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL Francis Parker School No. 23, Rochester, NY Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School, Devens, MA 1837 births 1902 deaths Progressive education Union Army officers University of Chicago faculty Chicago State University faculty People of New Hampshire in the American Civil War People from Dayton, Ohio American Civil War prisoners of war People from Quincy, Massachusetts People from Bedford, New Hampshire School superintendents in Massachusetts Military personnel from Massachusetts