Twentieth Century Fund Report on Improving Public Schools.
This article focuses on a report of the research foundation Twentieth Century Fund about improving public schools in the U.S. Public schools in the U.S. are in trouble. Disaster can be averted only if there is a national commitment to excellence in the public schools. While the Twentieth Century Fun...
| Published in: | Education Digest Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 36 - 40 |
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| Format: | Report |
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Prakken Publications
Oct1983
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