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ERIC Number: EJ294970
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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America Rediscovers Its Schools: Why Now? Is the Boost Transitory?
Thomson, Scott D.
NASSP Bulletin, v68 n470 p1-5 Mar 1984
Education lost status and support in the United States after 1950 because formal education was less essential to an individual's success in an affluent society that itself functioned as an educator. An urgent public concern for quality education has recently emerged because education and future success are again linked. (MJL)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Majority Attitudes, Public Education, School Support, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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