NCCRESt

part of the Education Reform Networks

Americanization and the Schools

Argues that a common mainstream American culture (a system of common knowledge and root attitudes as well as the English language) should take precedence in the schools over attempts to enforce multiculturalism and bilingualism, which only deepen the disadvantage of the children of the unassimilated. (SR)

• Author/Creator: Hirsch, E. D., Jr.
• Date Published: Jan-Feb
• Journal/Secondary Title: Clearing House
• Number: 3
• Volume: 72
• Year: 1999

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Educators
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Multicultural Educational Practices
• Subject: Cultural Awareness
• Subject: Cultural Literacy
• Subject: Disadvantaged
• Subject: Higher Education
• Subject: Multicultural Education
• Subject: Politics of Education

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