The Continuing Crisis: Fashions in Education.

Ravitch, Diane

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Continuing Crisis: Fashions in Education.

Ravitch, Diane

American Scholar, v53 n2 p183-93 Spr 1984

The national task forces and commissions suggest that U.S. educational systems must make all young people literate, both culturally and scientifically, but there is not yet a philosophical commitment to education sound enough or strong enough to withstand the erratic dictates of fashion. (MSE)

Descriptors: Change Strategies, Committees, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy Education, National Surveys, Public Opinion, Public Policy

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