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2018
Volume 107, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

This piece explores historic trends in the standardization of English education. Beginning with the advent of NCTE in 1912 and continuing through the subsequent century, the article traces how English Journal has documented educators’ approaches and attitudes concerning standardization.

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