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ERIC Number: EJ558874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
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Democracy and Public Schooling.
Spring, Joel
International Journal of Social Education, v11 n1 p48-58 Spr-Sum 1996
Asserts that the representative form of government and the public schools in the United States are not supportive of democracy. Argues that the democratic features of representative government envisioned by the writers of the Constitution were undermined by the growth of the nation's population. Recommends some political and educational alternatives. (MJP)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers; Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: United States Constitution
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