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ERIC Number: EJ252229
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Oct
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Teacher Competence: A Red Herring.
Morris, H. H.
Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n2 p124 Oct 1981
The decline of the American educational system is due not to teacher incompetence, but to funding systems that depend upon body counts rather than excellence, to weak discipline policies, and to egalitarian admissions policies that reward students according to need rather than ability. (WD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Admission, Discipline Problems, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Financial Support, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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