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50 Years of ERIC
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Test Scores as Administrative Mechanisms in Educational Policy.
Madaus, George F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
The increasing use of test results as a mechanism of educational reform is diminishing local control of schools and changing the curriculum to train students to pass tests rather than to educate students. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
Teaching the Bill of Rights.
Justice, William Wayne – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Like other institutions, schools are occupied by people whose duties and liberties are in conflict. Understanding the Bill of Rights can help resolve school problems as well as major social problems outside the court system. Students should value the first eight constitutional amendments as not tied to majority rule and should study them…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Courts
Harry Truman's Advice to Teachers.
Truman, Harry S – Phi Delta Kappan, 1980
Presents a speech Harry S Truman made to a teachers' meeting in 1957. The speech concerns the influence of school on children and the need for discipline. (IRT)
Descriptors: Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education, School Role, Teacher Behavior