...far along that line. You know, that report that I mentioned first, it concluded that, in its words: "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." It helped heighten and accelerate a wave of education reform in States and communities all around the...

...of a Department of Education report that was entitled "A Nation at Risk." Now, that report concluded that if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. Well, from 1963 to 1980, scholastic aptitude test scores showed a virtually unbroken decline. Science...

...far along that line. You know, that report that I mentioned first, it concluded that, in its words: "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." It helped heighten and accelerate a wave of education reform in States and communities all around the...

...Programs. In "A Nation At Risk" by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, it was stated that, "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." The inability of our population to make educated decisions on complex issues is a national crisis that...

...eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people . . . If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. We have dismantled essential support systems which helped make educational gains possible. We have,...

...PEOPLE AND THE WEAKENING OF OUR MOST VITAL NATIONAL RESOURCE. QUOTING AGAIN FROM "A NATION AT RlSK": "IF AN UNFRIENDLY FOREIGN POWER HAD ATTEMPTED TO IMPOSE...TODAY, WE MIGHT WELL HAVE VIEWED IT AS AN ACT OF WAR." THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE LIVED UP TO THEIR OBLIGATION TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN OF MILITARY FAMILIES IN...

...dishonest. We can only applaud the National Commission on Excellence in Education when it declares: "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war * * * We have, in effect, been committing an act of unthinking, unilateral educational disarmament."...

...characterized in the following phrases that you heard perhaps on television yesterday: Our nation is at risk. If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. Moreover, we have dismantled the essential support systems which have made some gains possible, and...

...generation ago has begun to occur — others are matching and surpassing our educational attainments. If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves. We have even squandered the gains in student...

...future. The first page of our Commission Report1 carries these sentences: "Our nation is at risk * ' * if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...that exists today, we might well have viewed it as a act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves. We have even squandered the...