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ERIC Number: EJ261512
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Apr
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Hard Times, Hard Choices: The Case for Coherence in Public School Leadership.
Tyack, David; Hansot, Elisabeth
Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n8 p511-15 Apr 1982
Warns against haphazard "decrementalism" as a result of retrenchment. Suggest three different stages of development in U.S. public education. Argues that a community of commitment is possible if educational leaders reformulate the purposes of public education in a tough-minded and coherent way. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Democratic Values, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Public Support, Retrenchment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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