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Peer reviewedMcDill, Edward L.; And Others – Review of Educational Research, 1985
This paper examines the potential influences of school reform policies on the high school dropout rate, and it summaries a diverse set of reports on American education that recommend increasing academic standards in schools as a means for improving secondary school performance. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Dropouts, Economic Factors
Evans, Charles S.; Weible, Thomas D. – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1983
A survey of parents in urban and rural school districts showed a strong belief in the importance of elementary school social studies and more support for innovations such as the curriculum guidelines of the National Council for the Social Studies than publicity about demands to return to basics would suggest. (IS)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Curriculum Guides, Discovery Learning, Educational Change
