John Dewey was born October 20, 1859 in Burlington Vermont. He was one of the best in school and went to college at only the age of 15. After finishing college he became and taught through 1884 to 1930 at universities. In 1919 he found the new school for social research which supported the exchange of intellectual ideas in art and science. During the 1920s Dewey lectured about educational reforms and believed that education should focus on students's interaction in the present not the past. He retired from teaching in 1930 and died of pneumonia on June 1,
