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Oakes, Jeannie; Quartz, Karen Hunter; Ryan, Steve; Lipton, Martin – 2000
Education reform based on technical and rational processes often short-circuits reform because it is uncontentious, abstract, and provides educators with no legitimate ways to question the marketplace values and policies that drive much contemporary school reform. The perspective referred to as "betterment" is an alternative reform that…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Responsibility, Democratic Values, Educational Change
