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ERIC Number: EJ547271
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
Justifying the Conservative Restoration: Morals, Genes, and Educational Policy.
Apple, Michael W.
Educational Policy, v11 n2 p167-82 Jun 1997
Argues that the ultimate effect of many recent educational "reforms" will be to exacerbate existing inequalities. Examines how such inequalities are publicly justified by the use of moral and biological logic systems. Explores the use of these arguments, such as those crystallized in Herrnstein and Murray's "Bell Curve," to support conservative policies in education and the larger society. (23 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Blacks, Conservatism, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Genetics, Moral Values, Racial Discrimination, Racial Segregation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Bell Curve (Herrnstein and Murray)
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