TITLE

How bad are America's public schools, really?

AUTHOR(S)

Ishler, Richard E.

PUB. DATE

March 1996

SOURCE

National Forum;Spring96, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Evaluates the state of the public school education in the United States. Fall in student achievement; Decline of college student performance; Decrease in intelligence; Failure of American schools in comparative studies of student achievement; Amount of funding that education receives; Comparison to private schools.

ACCESSION #

9606251563

Tags: PUBLIC schools

 

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