The Bankruptcy of Compensatory Education.

Gordon, Sol

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ERIC Number: EJ024222

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Publication Date: 1970

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The Bankruptcy of Compensatory Education

Gordon, Sol

Educ Urban Soc, 2, 4, 360-370, Aug '70

Argues that compensatory education has failed because it concentrates on the student's failure to learn rather than the school's failure to instruct and provide experiences that make him ready to learn. (JM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Control, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Learning Readiness, School Desegregation, School Responsibility, Student School Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Schools

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