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ERIC Number: EJ286629
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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American Education: Focus on Potential Needs to Maintain Forward Course.
Hechinger, Fred M.
NASSP Bulletin, v67 n464 p29-37 Sep 1983
The success of public education is threatened by retrenchment and a decline in public confidence in the schools. Schools must improve their capacity and image, but an understanding of the linkage between public education and a free, upwardly mobile society is a necessary basis for greater support. (MJL)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, Political Influences, Public Schools, Public Support, Retrenchment
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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