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| Phi Delta Kappan | 2 |
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| Jennings, John F. | 1 |
| Ohanian, Susan | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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| Goals 2000 | 2 |
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Jennings, John F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
The process of instituting standards is well under way, thanks to mathematics teachers' efforts, the Bush Administration and governors' agreements about establishing national educational goals, and President Clinton's 1994 Goals 2000 legislation. There is no danger of a nationally imposed curriculum. States are using the standards process in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Ohanian, Susan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Goals 2000 is the offspring of "A Nation at Risk," a 1983 teacher- and school-bashing report. IBM CEO Louis Gerstner named the problem and defined the solution, claiming the need for choice, competition, and technology, recasting students as human capital, and marketizing the teacher/community relationship. Tables summarize critics'…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Competition, Conservatism, Dropout Rate
