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ERIC Number: EJ395068
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Mission Not Accomplished: Education Reform in Retrospect.
Futrell, Mary Hatwood
Phi Delta Kappan, v71 n1 p8-14 Sep 1989
Reviews 1980s educational reform philosophies, characterizing this decade as driven more by debate than by change. The first wave's emphasis on the utilitarian value of education has endured in third-wave philosophy calling for business-oriented graduates to help reassert America's economic preeminence. A fourth wave envisions expanding second-wave democratic reform. Includes eight references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, School Business Relationship, School Organization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nation at Risk; National Commissions