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ERIC Number: EJ280612
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983-May
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The Decline of American Education in the '60s and '70s.
Oldenquist, Andrew
American Education, v19 n4 p12-18 May 1983
Contends that a pervasive relativistic philosophy, emphasizing supremacy of self-interest and self-expression and eliminating "middle-class values," upgrading, and standards, underlies the serious problems in American public education. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Ethics, Grade Inflation, Individualism, Minority Groups, Public Education, Self Esteem, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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