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ERIC Number: EJ173558
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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The Hyper-Rationalization of American Education
Wise, Arthur E.
Educational Leadership, 35, 5, 354-61, Feb 78
The nation is losing sight of the grand goals of education as it drifts toward centralized educational policymaking which concentrates on narrow measures of accountability and projects a view of education as an instrument for future employment. (Author)
Descriptors: Centralization, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Postsecondary Education, Scientific Attitudes
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