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ERIC Number: EJ317514
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Education Attacked from the Right in Dangerous Theater of the Absurd.
Park, J. Charles
Social Education, v49 n5 p350-51 May 1985
Tactics that right wing conservatives are using to attack education are discussed. These include the Hatch amendment to the Magnet Schools Act that, if it becomes law, will prohibit funds for courses determined by the Local Education Authority to be secular humanism and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment of 1978. (RM)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role, Political Attitudes, Public Education, Social Values, Student Rights, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Hatch (Orrin); Hatch Amendment; Right Wing; Schlafly ( Phyllis); Secular Humanism