Education Attacked from the Right in Dangerous Theater of the Absurd.

Park, J. Charles

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ERIC Number: EJ317514

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Publication Date: 1985

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Education Attacked from the Right in Dangerous Theater of the Absurd.

Park, J. Charles

Social Education, v49 n5 p350-51 May 1985

Tactics that right wing conservatives are using to attack education are discussed. These include the Hatch amendment to the Magnet Schools Act that, if it becomes law, will prohibit funds for courses determined by the Local Education Authority to be secular humanism and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment of 1978. (RM)

Descriptors: Conservatism, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Role, Political Attitudes, Public Education, Social Values, Student Rights, Traditionalism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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