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Greer, Colin – 1972
American schools have been credited with building American democracy. This is a myth which has been largely responsible for the resistance of today's schools to needed change. Exposing this myth are records of several major urban school systems which show the high rate of school failure among the urban poor since before 1900. These statistics have…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Change Agents, Democracy, Democratic Values
