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Berliner, David C.

The manufactured crisis: myths, fraud, and the attack on America's
public schools / David C. Berliner, Bruce J. Biddle.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-201-40957-7
ISBN 0-201-44196-9 (pbk)
1. Public schools--United States. 2. Educational change--United
States. I. Biddle, Bruce J. ( Bruce Jesse), 1928- . II. Title.
LA217.2.B46 1995
371′.01′0973--dc20
95-3271
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Copyright © 1995 by David C. Berliner and Bruce J. Biddle

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