...rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and as a people. ". . . continuing "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." Dr. Henry Morris in his book, The Long...

...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. . . . We have, in effect, been committing...

...moment for educators. The Commission on Excellence in Education took direct aim at schools, claiming, "if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war" (Bracey, 2003, p. 616). Secretary of Education 16 • Generations at School Terrel Bell convinced President...

...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...exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war."31 Even before then, Russell Kirk, a renowned scholar, wrote about the decline in his famous book...

...Commission's sentiment about the magnitude of the problems and the urgency for change: If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...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 squandered the gains in achievement...

...Schüler geübt und radikale Veränderungen eingefordert. „If an unfriendly foreign power had attemtped to impose on America the mediocre educational performance...today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves." (NCEE 1983: 3) Mehr als zehn Jahre später...

...industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world. ... If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose...educational performance that exists today, we might have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves. . . . We...

...Edmonds. Stenhouse © 2008. No reproduction without written permission from publisher. Connected Content 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...

...much a part of our culture at the time, its analysis of the state of American education was scathing: 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...

...carried out in the context of this era in education, launched by the report's now-notorious introduction: 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.37...