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Plank, David N.; Peterson, Paul E. – History of Education Quarterly, 1983
Using the 1897 reform of the Atlanta public schools as an example, the authors conclude that class conflict is not a necessary condition for urban reform, and that the sources of progressive reform are more complex than the class conflict model has often implied. (IS)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Citizen Participation, Conflict, Educational Change