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Hlavacik, Mark; Schneider, Jack – American Journal of Education, 2021
The public discussion of education consistently emphasizes school failure. To better understand this rhetoric, we tracked its appearance in five prominent print outlets from 1984 to 2016. By distinguishing between arguments about local schools and the nation's schools, we found that discussions of "failing schools" surged first as a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Academic Failure, School Effectiveness
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Schaub, Maryellen – American Journal of Education, 2016
The emergence and transformation of kindergarten in the United States is the quintessential example of the irrepressibility of schooling expansion, the ever-greater institutionalization of education in children's lives, and the rise in formal education's emphasis on cognitive skills among young children. This article explores the cultural…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Educational Change