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Fleming, Kimberly; Parker, Karen – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2013
Readers readily identify with characters in literature; therefore, educators must be acutely aware of the overt and underlying messages conveyed in Newbery Medal books. In this quantitative content analysis with a qualitative component, the researchers employed nonparametric measurements to examine Newbery Medal books from the 1920s to the 2000s…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Moral Values, Individual Characteristics, Awards
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Saltman, Kenneth J. – American Journal of Education, 2012
In his essay "Individuality, Equality, and Creative Democracy--the Task Before Us," Jim Garrison (2012, in this issue) restates Dewey's call "to educate individuals capable of criticizing and recreating society--not simply reproducing the status quo." He writes that under the new structural feudalism, "schools assume the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Privatization, Democracy, Educational Change
Campbell, Peter – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
In this rejoinder to John Chubb's reply to "Edison Is the Symptom, NCLB Is the Disease," the author argues that Edison offers feel-good measures without really solving any of the problem of schools in poverty. Defending his original argument, the author cites a RAND study that questions the results Chubb claims. The study indicates the…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Data Interpretation