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He was also a founding member of the NAACP and ACLU.

While in New York, Dewey became involved in political groups and founded what would become the progressive education movement, which purported that students should learn to think for themselves to become active participants of a democratic society. He finished his doctorate degree at Johns Hopkins University and continued to teach at various universities around the country, finally landing at Columbia University. After graduating from the University of Vermont, Dewey taught high school and studied philosophy in his spare time.

Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1859 to strict Calvinist parents. John Dewey was the most famous teacher of philosophy in the early twentieth century, and he was known for his lifelong work to reform America’s educational system.