Education center stresses environment as a key to student performance

In line with the educational views of John Dewey, who obtained his doctorate from the university, John Hopkins University’s Center for the Social Organization of Schools believes that the American schoolhouse exists to serve the student and not vice versa.

“Every individual has their own talents, and everyone’s talents should be developed within the educational system,” said Mary Maushard, communications director for CSOS, a nonprofit that seeks to improve American primary and secondary school education.