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John Dewey believed that the learner, society, and organized subject matter are important in education. His book, The School and Society, discusses influential ideas about education and calls for social justice. Dewey argued that what the best parents want for their children, the community should want for all children. Some consider his book, Experience and Education, to have the most concise statement on education. Influencing education. John Dewey described the fundamental factors in the educational process as the learner, society, and organized subject matter. Significant influential ideas about education are in his book, The School and Society, 1943. Dewey called for social justice in education. He quoted what the best and wisest parents want for his or her own children. That must the community want for all its children. Some think he has the most concise statement on education ever written in Experience and Education 1963.