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States and the well-being of its people, the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people.Oversold and Underused - Page 3by Larry CUBAN - 2009 - 256 pagesLimited preview - About this book

...the National Commission on Excellence in Education released its report, A Nation at Risk, stating: "[T]he educational foundations of our society are...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Many feel that the commission's conclusions continue to be as accurate and timely as they were a decade...

...education. Widely quoted is the conclusion of the National Commission on Excellence in Education that ". . .the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Such dire warnings focus on waning performances of students and their teachers. Critics cite as indicators...

...American life. If the schools were to dawdle to assist the less fortunate, the nation would be threatened "by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people" (Nat'l Comm. on Excellence in Ed. 1983: 5). The states have also been pursuing the national agenda...

...Economic Studies 9 (Spring 1984): 78. Such dismal results, the commission concluded, demonstrate that "the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of educational mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people." 4 The commission assigned...

...in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by 44 Whose History? competitors throughout the world. . . . the educational...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. What was unimaginable a generation ago has begun to occur — others are matching and surpassing our...

...by American students as examples of the decline of literacy and standards. The Committee stated that "the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people" (1983:5). The report called for increased standards and a return to academic excellence. The years...

...conditions can be cited to suggest that we are at risk. For one thing, it is now a common complaint that "the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people" (Notion at Risk 1983: 5). For another, our national political culture has disintegrated to the point...

...would be the first in America's history to be less well-educated than their parents and warned that: "the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. What was unimaginable a generation ago has begun to happen — others are matching and surpassing our...

...have historically accomplished and contributed to the United States and the well-being of its people, the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. . . . If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance...

...areas."7 By now, it is well known that national study commissions have singled out public education as "eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people."8 Our own national self-assessment now appears validated by international comparison. In recent...