ERIC Number: EJ445371
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0148-432X
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It Takes Two to Tango.
Welsh, Patrick
American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, v16 n1 p18-23,46 Spr 1992
Highlights the importance of student effort in the high school experience. Discusses current educational expectations from the perspectives of parents, students, teachers, and society as a whole. Points to a national tendency to emphasize innate ability over achievement and lax college entrance standards as contributing to current social patterns. (JB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Admission, Futures (of Society), High School Students, High Schools, Minority Group Children, Parent Responsibility, School Effectiveness, School Responsibility, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Student Motivation, Student Responsibility, Teacher Responsibility
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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