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ERIC Number: EJ545384
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Appeasing the Right, Missing the Point? Reading the New York State Social Studies Framework.
Grant, S. G.
Social Education, v61 n2 p102-06 Feb 1997
Uses the example of New York State to illustrate how the rancorous political debate over education can render national standards irrelevant and contradictory. In appeasing so many factions the standards become inclusive to the point of obfuscation. Provides a brief overview of the controversy concerning national standards. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Conservatism, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, History, Multicultural Education, Politics of Education, Social Attitudes, Social Studies, State Standards, Values
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: New York