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ERIC Number: EJ452223
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
We Missed the Exit but It Was Not Our Fault.
Spencer, James M.
Social Education, v56 n3 p143-44 Mar 1992
Suggests that public school education in the last 50 years has been altered most dramatically by the interstate highway system and no-fault divorce. Blames the highway system for destroying the sense of community and capacity for delayed gratification and challenge. Argues that no-fault divorce has resulted in loss of family values and responsibility. (DK)
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Role, Divorce, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Family Involvement, Family Problems, Group Unity, Mobility, Public Education, School Community Relationship, Social Change, Social Values, Suburbs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Interstate Transportation