...of excellence m education is characten/ed m the report m the following paragraph 'If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might educational disarmament * The Air Force Association concurs with the substance of the recommendations...

...mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people. ' We know it went on to state: "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performances that exist today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have...

...land. And nowhere do the words of the Nation At Risk report apply more tragically than to this fact. "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." But it was not an unfriendly foreign power that imposed the way we teach reading upon us. We did it...

...science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world. . . . 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."...

...Studies (1979) underscored the need for reinstituting foreign language requirements in the schools. « If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war » , states the National Commission on Excellence in Education (1983). In a series of recommendations,...

...education is front page news, which is where the commission's findings got reported in the New York Times: "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 . ' '7 That day (27 April 1 983) , there...

...makes sense to commercialize in Japan is much less likely to be economically feasible for US companies. "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. " Threat No.3: The Decline of Education A strong national economy requires sustained growth in productivity....

...being 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. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves". Since this important report in 1983, there...

...unconsciously) criticizes a stereotypically passive (and pacifist), predominantly female, teaching force: 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, in effect, been committing...

...Excellence in Education characterized the United States as "A Nation at Risk." According to the Commission, "if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." Notwithstanding the cherished belief that "all, regardless of race or class or economic status, are...