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ERIC Number: EJ216846
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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The Spread of Schooling: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Jackson, Philip W.
Oxford Review of Education, v5 n3 p237-44 1979
Discusses issues raised in Torsten Husen's book, "The School in Question." Costs of schooling, growth in student population, the period of time that under-represented groups remain in school, decrease in standardized test scores, negativism in the classroom, and school bureaucracy are analyzed. (KC)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Practices, Educational Problems, Educational Sociology, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Futures (of Society), Postsecondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Needs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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