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ERIC Number: EJ525351
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Becoming Right: Education and the Formation of Conservative Movements.
Apple, Michael W.; Oliver, Anita
Teachers College Record, v97 n3 p419-45 Spr 1996
Shows how encounters with unresponsive local school districts can lead parents to affiliate with conservative movements, describing cultural assumptions and fears underpinning the cultural and religious right, examining a textbook controversy that led to the formation of rightist sentiments, and discussing attempts at countering the growth of ultraconservativism in education. (SM)
Descriptors: Censorship, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent School Relationship, Political Attitudes, Politics of Education, Public Education, Social Values, Textbook Content
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Religious Right