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ERIC Number: EJ617832
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Friends, Foes, and Noncombatants: Notes on Public Education's Pressure Groups.
Kaplan, George R.
Phi Delta Kappan, v82 n3 pK1-12 Nov 2000
Appraises five major (nonchampioning) forces pressuring public education: the expanding role of business interests; uneven performance of education's own pressure groups; changing role of cultural conservatism; influence of new-breed information providers; and effects of shifting labels and definitions of political loyalty on needy schools. (MLH)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Change Strategies, Conservatism, Educational Improvement, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Lobbying, Marketing, Politics of Education, Poverty, Privatization, Public Education, Public Opinion, School Business Relationship, Unions, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: District of Columbia; Pressure Groups; Religious Fundamentalism