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Peer reviewedBoyte, Harry C.; Skelton, Nan – Educational Leadership, 1997
The nation's educational system mirrors the dynamics of our marketplace democracy, recasting parents as self-interested consumers. Jane Addams' philosophy of education (enhancing people's productive capacities to benefit the commonweal) has been revived in Public Achievement, a work-centered, civic-earning program in St.Paul, Minnesota, that helps…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values
