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    Commissions, Reports, Reforms, and Educational Policy (Chap. 2 "A Nation at Risk: Ugly Duckling no Longer") » Read Now

    by Rick Ginsberg, David N. Plank. 270 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    The editors have collected original papers dealing with the impact of commissions on educational policy and reform. This book is a combination of the perspectives of practitioners directly involved with writing or reacting to commission reports, and scholars analyzing the significance and impact of...
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    Public Education: Who's in Charge? (Chap. 1 "A Nation at Risk") » Read Now

    by Fred G. Burke. 198 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    This timely and important book by a former Commissioner of Education for both New Jersey and Rhode Island, presents a radically different point of view on the role of government in public education. Burke argues that education, especially that of the poor, cannot be viewed in isolation of the many...
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    The Great School Debate: Choice, Vouchers, and Charters ("A Nation at Risk" begins on p. 33) » Read Now

    by Thomas L. Good, Jennifer S. Braden. 273 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...Education 31 A Nation at Risk 33 Prisoners...education. Since the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983, there have been...and school quality e.g., A Nation at Risk ...
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    America's Future Work Force: A Health and Education Policy Issues Handbook ("A Nation at Risk" begins on p. 300) » Read Now

    by Carl W. Stenberg, William G. Colman. 615 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    This expertly prepared policy issues handbook surveys the changing workplace and the failures of America's public health and education systems to prepare the future work force to compete at home and abroad. Carl Stenberg and William Colman analyze the key issues; review a mass of information, ideas...
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    American Presidents and Education (Discussion of A Nation at Risk begins on p. 87) » Read Now

    by Maurice R. Berube. 174 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    This work represents the first comprehensive study of the involvement of American presidents in educational policy making. Tracing the efforts of administrations from Washington to Bush, Berube analyzes presidential programs in education, the reasons for their implementation, and their correlation...
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    Reflections One Decade after A Nation at Risk, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Terrel H. Bell. 6 pgs.

    ...Reflections one decade after A Nation at Risk by Terrel H. Bell AFTER A stormy gestation period, A Nation at Risk had a difficult birth. When I...White House on 26 April...
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    April Foolishness: The 20th Anniversary of A Nation at Risk, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Gerald W. Bracey. 6 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...Foolishness: The 20th Anniversary of A Nation at Risk. by Gerald W. Bracey A Nation at Risk famously declared a crisis in...persuaded President Reagan to accept A Nation...
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    The 'At-Risk' Decade, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Emeral A. Crosby. 6 pgs.

    ...competitors throughout the world - A Nation at Risk AS A NATION, as a culture...The report of the commission, A Nation at Risk, was released in April 1983...members, and...
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    A Nation Still at Risk, in Policy Review » Read Now

    by William J. Bennett, Willard Fair, Chester E. Finn Jr., Floyd H. Flake, E.D. Hirsch Jr., Will Marshall, Diane Ravitch. 6 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...American education detailed in A Nation at Risk catalyzed a reform movement that...Education declared the United States a nation at risk. That distinguished citizens...15...
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    Defending Public Schools (Chap. 6 "A Nation at Risk—Reloaded: The Security State and the New World Order") » Read Now

    by David A. Gabbard, E. Wayne Ross. 264 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    Defending Public Schools addresses the historical, current, and future context of public schools in the United States. While the essays provide an overview of education and schooling issues, the overarching concern is that public schools are under attack and deserve to be defended.
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    Education as Enforcement: The Militarization and Corporatization of Schools (Chap. 13 "Commentary on the Rhetoric of Reform: A Twenty-Year Retrospective") » Read Now

    by Kenneth J.Saltman, David A.Gabbard. 332 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    Education as Enforcement locates a rising culture of militarism found not only in US popular culture, civil society and foreign policy but also in educational policy and practices. Considering the rise of school security apparatus, accountability and standards movements, privatization and...
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    The Japanese School: Lessons for Industrial America (Chap. 1 "A Nation at Risk") » Read Now

    by Benjamin Duke. 244 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    "There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best book on the Japanese school, and especially on the underlying concepts. As such it is one of the most important books on Japanese society." Peter Drucker "Benjamin Duke knows both American and Japanese education intimately. His analysis of the...

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