* Francis Wayland Parker , champion of progressive education in the United States Wikipedia* On the C-SPAN Networks: Francis W. Parker School has hosted 1 event in the C-SPAN Video Library; the ...

THE ORIGINAL structure that became Francis W. Parker School 56 was built in 1903 at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and 24th Street. It was named in honor of Francis Wayland Parker, a trailblazer ...

MANCHESTER — If it weren't for some of 19th-century educator Francis Wayland Parker's changes to education — letting teachers design their own curriculum and freeing them to determine how they ...

MANCHESTER — Amanda Grebloski said she wasn't expecting to hear her name when the 2012 Francis Wayland Parker Scholar of the Year was announced at a dinner Thursday evening.

A woman who had just heard him lecture asked the late, great Chicago educator, Francis Wayland Parker: "How early can I begin the education of my child?" "When will your child be ...

Members of the Francis W. Parker School quiz bowl A team, Nash Oliphant, team captain Annoshae Mirza, Logan Florsheim and Chase Wayland (not pictured: Jack Bartlett and Beckett Nikitas).