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Making Molehills Out of Molehills: Reply to Lawrence C. Stedman's Review of "The Manufactured Crisis."
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Berliner, David C.; Biddle, Bruce J. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1996
Lawrence C. Stedman's comments on the book "The Manufactured Crisis" focus on a small portion of its arguments and ignore the real evidence in support of the achievements of America's schools. The schools are more the victims, than the perpetrators, of American social problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Conservatism
Educational Psychology Meets the Christian Right: Differing Views of Children, Schooling, Teaching, and Learning.
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Berliner, David C. – Teachers College Record, 1997
Examines theories of child rearing and education promoted by the Christian Right, contrasting them with those advanced by educational psychology research. The paper also analyzes the curriculum used in many fundamentalist Christian schools, and opposition of the Christian Right to outcome-based education and whole-language reading instruction. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Christianity, Conservatism, Democratic Values