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ERIC Number: EJ602546
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Education for Sale: What's a (Democratic) Principle Worth?
Hartoonian, Michael
Social Education, v63 n4 p242-44 May-Jun 1999
Argues that the failure to remember the civic purpose of education affects the place public schools hold in society. Believes that public schools are the means for educating students to become responsible citizens emphasizing the value of the public school and its capacity to promote the common good. (CMK)
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Civics, Democracy, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Privatization, Public Schools, Role of Education, Social Development, Social Studies, Social Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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