Social traditionalists, religious conservatives, and the politics of outcome-based education: Pennsylvania and beyond

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 347-365

  Boyd, William Lowe ^a   Lugg, Catherine A ^a   Zahorchak, Gerald L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Star School District

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EID: 21344471582     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124596028003006     Document Type: Article

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