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Tyler, Leona E. – 1985
Public education is facing a crisis of major proportions, but the things that are basically wrong with schools are not those being emphasized in current proposals for change. This paper identifies two basic defects in the American system of public education: (1) there is too little attention to individual differences; and (2) there is too much…
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Compulsory Education, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
