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ERIC Number: EJ515483
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0380-2361
Common Schools for a Secularist Society.
Holmes, Mark
Canadian Journal of Education, v20 n3 p284-96 Sum 1995
E. Callan develops a coherent argument for the common public school and the standard of reasonableness as a basis for common education. A better basis would be a consensus based on parents' wishes. Valid mainstream schools would compete successfully with separate schools because of their compelling world view. (SLD)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Private Schools, Public Schools, School Choice
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers: Common Education; Common Schools; Secularism
Note: Special section entitled "Common Schools for Common Education." Comments on "Common Schools for Common Education" by E. Callan, see TM 519 185.