ERIC Number: EJ603316
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Becoming Good American Schools: The Struggle for Civic Virtue in Education Reform.
Oakes, Jeannie; Quartz, Karen Hunter; Ryan, Steve; Lipton, Martin
Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n8 p568-75 Apr 2000
While studying 16 middle schools engaged in "Turning Points" reforms, authors confronted a contradictory American culture that embraces democratic ends for schools, but resists democratic means to achieve them. Three demographically different schools struggled and compromised to incorporate civic virtue, thematic learning, social justice, caring, and participation. (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Competition, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Individualism, Lower Class, Middle Class, Middle Schools, Parent Attitudes, Poverty Areas, Principals, Program Implementation, Racial Relations, Resistance to Change, School Culture, Upper Class
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Caring; Compromise; Social Justice; Systemic Change; Turning Points
