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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Teaching and Learning for Market-Place Utility.
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Corson, David – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2002
Argues that formal liberal education is being replaced, in high-risk sites like Ontario, by policies mandating teaching and learning activities that are aimed at serving the utilitarian needs of a corporate and globalized market place. Believes that "critical literacy" and "critical language awareness" offer Ontario education some hope to resist…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, General Education
Emancipatory Leadership.
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Corson, David – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2000
Presents a critical discourse analysis of a board of trustees meeting at a New Zealand secondary school. Shows how distorted communication can arise in administrative settings when some stakeholders are not represented. Also describes a group of emancipatory leaders who work in children's best interests. (Contains 37 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Case Studies, Communication Problems