ERIC Number: EJ563867
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Only for My Kid: How Privileged Parents Undermine School Reform.
Kohn, Alfie
Phi Delta Kappan, v79 n8 p568-77 Apr 1998
Asserts that many privileged parents are sacrificing other children to their own and mortgaging their own children's lives. Affluent high-achievers often back ultraconservatives' efforts to derail detracking reforms, believing education is competitive and their children deserve more consideration than have-nots. Principals must appeal to parents' sense of fairness and organize less powerful families. (33 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Competition, Conservatism, De Facto Segregation, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Equal Education, Ethics, Middle Class Parents, Moral Values, Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Parent Influence, Resistance to Change, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fairness
