sentences:  "Finding Wisdom" became a classic in the education field and solidified the Avery Coonley School's national reputation as a model of progressive education.Morse died in 1940, after 34 years as director, and several years went by without a strong local leadership.To ensure a sounder footing for the future, Coonley merged Avery Coonley with the National College of Education (NCE, formerly the Chicago Kindergarten College and now National-Louis University) in Evanston, Illinois, in 1943.