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Peer reviewedHurn, Christopher J. – Social Forces, 1976
Argues that the tradition culminating in Jencks work is better seen as policy research than as an answer to the sociological problem of the effects of schools on students. A tradition of radical criticism of schools is more ideological but offers an implicit theory of the effects of schooling that is of great sociological interest. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Classroom Design, Conceptual Schemes, Public Policy
Download full textManitoba Cabinet Secretariat, Winnipeg. – 1969
A critique of recommendations by the Local Government Boundaries Commission (LGBC) related to improvement of rural education in Manitoba, Canada, is provided. Backed by footnotes and 12 appendices, the paper contends that the LGBC Report "fails to meet its technocratic objectives and also ignores a broad role for education in social…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Education Service Centers, Educational Needs, Government Role
