The school is named for Francis Wayland Parker, a 19 th century educator often described as a pioneer of the nation’s progressive school movement, which focuses on producing well-rounded students.

* 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 ...

Although Francis Parker School 23 appears to have changed little in the decades since this photograph was taken on a wintry day in 1935, in truth its early history was one of constant ...

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.

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). Courtesy ...

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 ...

Dr. WAYLAND's career as educator and college administrator was eminently successful, the sense, solidity and strength of his mental character being peculiarly suitable to such a post.

DeathPROVIDENCE, R.I., May 17.--Francis Wayland Goddard of this city, who died suddenly in a dentist's office in Boston yesterday afternoon, was distinguished from his four better-known brothers ...

The Parker School is an independent school that serves students from junior kindergarten through grade 12. Located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, the school is based on the progressive ...