The Fact That What We Perceive to Be Our Goals

The fact that what we perceive to be our goals for public education can change so dramatically and so frequently probably reflects

A) the problems that arise when the goals of public education are determined politically and not by educators.
B) the fact that only a small segment of the public really understands what it is that public schools are supposed to do.
C) our inability to decide whether education is a local, state, or national responsibility.
D) the idea that educational goals are based in the needs of different times and contexts and that they change as these needs change.