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ERIC Number: EJ299511
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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A New Design for Public Education.
Dodd, Anne Wescott
Phi Delta Kappan, v65 n10 p685-87 Jun 1984
Arguing that recent proposals for educational reform will at best only patch up the present system without bringing about the fundamental changes necessary, the author outlines a new design dividing up American schooling into two components: (1) a required core of basic education courses and (2) elective community education courses. (JBM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Education, Core Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elective Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Interdisciplinary Approach, Lifelong Learning, Relevance (Education), Required Courses
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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