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McAdams, Richard P. – Principal, 1994
A recent study of schooling in five nations with well-developed educational systems (Canada, Denmark, England, Germany, and Japan) reveals that most of them share important characteristics not generally found in American schools. Results suggest that U.S. elementary educators should reconfigure school-year length, vacation time, and the pace of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Improvement
