How the Order Controls Education

How the Order Controls Education by Antony C. Sutton examines what Sutton presents as the influence of the secret Yale organization known as The Order over the development of American education. Tracing the organization from Yale into universities, foundations, professional associations, and educational institutions, Sutton focuses on figures including Daniel Coit Gilman, Timothy Dwight, Andrew Dickson White, G. Stanley Hall, Wilhelm Wundt, and John Dewey, arguing that their interconnected careers helped extend The Order’s influence throughout the American educational system. He examines the development of look-say reading, German experimental psychology, the founding and growth of Johns Hopkins University, the Baltimore Scheme, the American Economic Association, and the spread of Dewey’s educational philosophy, which Sutton interprets as emphasizing social organization and preparation of the individual for society rather than individual development. Sutton ultimately argues that The Order helped shape modern American educational theory and practice through its network of members, institutions, and foundations, presenting this development as part of a broader ideological program.