"A Nation at Risk" at 25

Autor/in	Borek, Jennifer
Titel	"A Nation at Risk" at 25
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 89 (2008) 8, S.572-574 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Excellence in Education; Educational Change; Public Education; Educational Quality; Educational Improvement; Role of Education; Expectation; Time Factors (Learning); Teaching Conditions; Academic Standards; Course Content; Instructional Leadership; Financial Support + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernerfolg; Bildungsreform; Öffentliche Erziehung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsauftrag; Expectancy; Erwartung; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Kursprogramm; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Finanzielle Förderung
Abstract	To introduce this special section marking the 25th anniversary of the publication of "A Nation at Risk," the author contemplates the document's lasting impact and refreshes readers' memories about the problems it defined and the recommendations it offered. In April of 1983, "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform" was unveiled. Terrel Bell, President Reagan's secretary of education, had been appointed to shut down the brand-new U.S. Department of Education, something he had little taste for. He felt he needed what he later called "a Sputnik-like occurrence." Instead of closing the doors and moving programs to other federal departments, he empaneled the National Commission on Excellence in Education to study available research and data on public school students and make recommendations to the President. When that report, "A Nation at Risk," appeared, it did not do what President Reagan had hoped in terms of opening the door to prayer in school and school choice, but its fiery rhetoric did catch the attention of the national press, where it provoked a national discussion about the quality and purpose of public education. The debate that began with "A Nation at Risk" can be organized into the four categories it defined as problematic: content, expectations, time, and teaching. Although leadership and fiscal support were not among the primary categories listed, the National Commission made a number of recommendations on those fronts as well. (Contains 2 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10