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ERIC Number: EJ332307
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Searching for Social Studies Excellence among the Reports on Schooling.
Thorpe, Steve
Social Studies Review, v25 n1 p25-34 Fall 1985
Examines four recent reports on the status of education in America: "A Place Called School,""Academic Preparation for College,""The Paideia Proposal," and "Horace's Compromise." The reports' explicit and implicit agendas for secondary social studies education are analyzed. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Futures (of Society), School Effectiveness, Secondary Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Academic Preparation for College; Paideia Proposal; Place Called School (A)