Dewey grounded schooling’s three compatible functions in U.S. democratic institutions.

Evidence

Dewey locates the compatibility of the three functions of education in the democratic nature of U.S. institutions. For Dewey, the essence of self-development is the acquisition of control over personal and social relationships; and in this process, education plays a central role … It follows in this framework that integration into adult life and self­ development are compatible with equality of opportunity precisely in a democratic setting. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 310

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows Dewey’s claim that compatibility of integration, egalitarianism, and development depends on democracy.