Crisis of Confidence: Public Confidence in the Schools of the Nation's Capital in the Twentieth Century.

Diner, Steven J.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Crisis of Confidence: Public Confidence in the Schools of the Nation's Capital in the Twentieth Century.

Diner, Steven J.

Urban Education, v25 n2 p112-37 Jul 1990

Discusses the history of the Washington public school system from pre-1945 to the present to show how its problems have evolved. Discusses why the system's bad image developed and why it has been so slow to change. Student achievement and segregation are discussed extensively. (JS)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Desegregation Effects, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Minority Group Children, School Segregation, Urban Education, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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