A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Levin
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Nation At Risk ◽  
A Nation At Risk

Is There a Conflict Between Equity and Excellence?

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Strike
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Democratic Participation ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Nation At Risk ◽  
A Nation At Risk

This paper addresses the question posed by A Nation at Risk: Is there a conflict between the pursuit of equality and the pursuit of excellence? It argues that this question disguises another and more fundamental conflict between the economic and political goals of education. Concepts of equity and excellence are developed within the contexts of human capital theory and of “the Jeffersonian ideal.” It is argued that these conflicting concepts of equity and excellence cannot be simultaneously realized and that the tendency to link educational reform to the goals of human capital theory threatens the Jeffersonian ideals of democratic participation

Editorial

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Jeremy Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
American People ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Nation At Risk ◽  
Educational Foundations ◽  
A Nation At Risk ◽  
Excellence In Education ◽  
American Society

In April, the President's National Commission on Excellence in Education released its report, A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, which portrayed the educational foundations of American society as “being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people.” According to the commission, “we have, in effect, been committing an act of unthinking, unilateral educational disarmament.” As one of the commissioners has admitted, these apocalyptic words were intended tO grab the fickle attention of headline writers, and through them the American people, who are deemed unable to assimilate a serious message that lasts more than 30 seconds. (Although one might note that attention easily given is easily withdrawn.)

Are School Districts Responding to a Nation at Risk?

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K. Wimpelberg ◽  
Rick Ginsberg
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Nation At Risk ◽  
A Nation At Risk

A Nation at Risk and the Blind Men

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 601-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Blake
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Nation At Risk ◽  
A Nation At Risk
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document