Are Public Schools Failing? Assessing the Validity of Current Criticisms.

Harris, Larry; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ331130

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Are Public Schools Failing? Assessing the Validity of Current Criticisms.

Harris, Larry; And Others

Clearing House, v59 n6 p280-83 Feb 1986

Argues that school officials need to increase their knowledge about the criticism being leveled at public education. Offers a historical perspective on educational criticism, lists sources of information about schooling, and discusses factors that limit comparisons between present and past student achievement. (FL)

Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Opinion, Public Schools, School Effectiveness, Success

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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