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ERIC Number: EJ442387
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
Why Some Reforms Last: The Case of the Kindergarten.
Cuban, Larry
American Journal of Education, v100 n2 p166-94 Feb 1992
The changing role of the kindergarten in U.S. educational history illustrates the ways in which educational reforms are altered as they survive. From a reform aimed at altering the relationship between school and community, kindergarten has become essentially a way to get children ready for first grade. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Grade 1, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Organizational Change, Primary Education, Progressive Education, Public Schools, School Role, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reform Efforts; United States