Editing Progressive education (section)

===John Melchior Bosco===
[[John Bosco|John Melchior Bosco]] (1815–1888) was concerned about the education of street children who had left their villages to find work in the rapidly industrialized city of [[Turin]], Italy. Exploited as cheap labor or imprisoned for unruly behavior, Bosco saw the need for creating a space where they would feel at home. He called it an 'Oratory' where they could play, learn, share friendships, express themselves, develop their creative talents and pick up skills for gainful self-employment. With those who had found work, he set up a mutual-fund society (an early version of the [[Grameen Bank]]) to teach them the benefits of saving and self-reliance. The principles underlying his educational method that won over the hearts and minds of thousands of youth who flocked to his oratory were: 'be reasonable', 'be kind', 'believe' and 'be generous in service'. Today his method of education is practiced in nearly 3000 institutions set up around the world by the members of the [[Salesian Society]] he founded in 1873.