| A Nation Reformed?: American Education 20 Years After a Nation at Risk Contributor(s): Gordon, David T. (Editor), Graham, Patricia Albjerg (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1891792083 ISBN-13: 9781891792083 Publisher: Harvard Education PR OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2003 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| LCCN: 2002114347 |
| Physical Information: 232 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A Nation Reformed? takes stock of twenty years of school reform. Was the nation really ever ""at risk"" and, if so, is it still? Which reforms have made a difference and which haven't? And where do we go from here? On April 26, 1983, the blue-ribbon National Commission on Excellence in Education issued "an open letter to the American people" on the state of our nation's schools. "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform" was one of many such reports that year, but its title and incendiary language set it apart almost immediately. We were warned of a "rising tide of mediocrity" in our schools that imperiled the nation's future. The symbolic opening salvo in a two-decade-long struggle to improve schools, A Nation at Risk helped put education reform at the top of the national agenda. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gordon, David T.: - David T. Gordon is editor of the Harvard Education Letter, the award-winning publication on K-12 education, and of the book The Digital Classroom: How Technology Is Changing the Way We Teach and Learn. |