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Their family wanted. >> therein lies the most controversial component of the gary plan. in gary, children continue to their limited, individualized religious instruction, off school grounds, and were taught to embrace a new progressive symbol of the divine ideal. the american flag. >> do you think they would say, well, our motive was benevolent? we are trying to give practical application to students? who don't really need all this highfalutin latin stuff. we are not evil progressives cooking up a plot, we are just moving into the modern era. >> there were many good things that came out of the...

It was all part of a plan, a plan to change the entire concept of school in america. take a quick look. >> so what is the plan? i've never heard of it. >> right, very few people have. it's one of many model schoo thr to experiment with to see how they could build a school system that met their goals. you got to understand, gary, indiana, was a new town at this time. it was founded in 1905. it was kind of industrial town, so they felt like they could build in gary, indiana, a brand-new kind of school -- >> start from scratch. >> start from scratch. their motive was a corporate motive to train s...