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Publication Date: 1997
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Why School Reform Is Not Enough To Mend Our Civil Society.
Molnar, Alex
Educational Leadership, v54 n5 p37-39 Feb 1997
Economic inequality is tearing our civil society apart. Addressing this problem through school governance reforms (vouchers, privatization, and charter schools), or curriculum changes (teaching new basic skills), or a new instructional focus (Rifkin's civil sector) ignores the real challenge: redistributing wealth and softening inequalities. Education should reflect children's interests and reduce teenagers' isolation from the adult world. (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Free Enterprise System, Futures (of Society), Government Role, Job Skills, Politics of Education, Poverty, Role of Education, Rural Areas, Social Stratification, Urban Areas
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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