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ERIC Number: EJ675993
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Literacy Matters.
Macedo, Donaldo
Language Arts, v81 n1 p12-13 Sep 2003
Suggests that in an era of excessive high-stakes testing and a blind embrace of "technicism," literacy not only matters, but may represent one of the last hopes to "salvage our already feeble democracy." Concludes that literacy matters if, and only if, it is viewed as a democratic right and as a human right. (SG)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Democracy, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Literacy, Politics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: Literacy: What Matters?