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The previous four chapters presented important stories about schools, time and criteria for judging success. The major story of time and schooling was presented in chapter three, the creation of the modern school calendar through policy development of compulsory schooling.
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Weiss, J., Brown, R.S. (2013). Inequities and Effectiveness. In: Telling Tales Over Time. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-263-1_7
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