The Plan was the brainchild of Teachers College, Columbia University Associate Professor Clyde R. Miller and the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA).
The initiative was the subject of several books, numerous scholarly articles in academic journals, and a Warner Bros. short film[1] starring Andrea King.
It involved innovative advances in curriculum, including the use of cooperative learning and democratic living classroom activities.
Beyond the school, the plan expanded education into local factories where adult workers were provided with citizenship classes.
In 1971 a doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia University viewed The Springfield Plan in retrospect.