Can Schools Achieve Their Purposes? A Reply to Jencks.

Derr, Richard L.

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Can Schools Achieve Their Purposes? A Reply to Jencks

Derr, Richard L.

Elementary School Journal, 75, 2, 87-91, Nov 74

Explores the potential of the public school system for influencing individual student development and achieving social amelioration. It is suggested that capacity of the school to affect social conditions must be determined before the school can be relieved of responsibility for achieving publicly determined ends. (Author/SDH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Community Influence, Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Individual Development, School Responsibility, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Influences, Students

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