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Our Schools and Our Future
Assessments of the state of American education on the 20th anniversary of the A Nation at Risk report
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Leftover Business
That the nation is still debating—and has yet to address—many of the issues raised by A Nation at Risk is a testament to its prescience
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AFT and NCATE respond
The AFT responds
The American Federation of Teachers' report Do Charter Schools Measure Up? has...
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The Long Haul
It will take prolonged effort and more than just school reforms to boost student achievement
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Greek Lessons
Gymnastics of the Mind: Greek Education in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt
by Raffaella Cribiore
Princeton University...
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Unrecognized Progress
“It is high time that we commit the full resources required to improve every school in America, so that every child is at grade level or above"
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Out of Balance
School Choice Tradeoffs: Liberty, Equity, and Diversity
by By R. Kenneth Godwin and Frank R. Kemerer
University of Texas Press,...
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Help Wanted
Choice, accountability, and transparency will mean little without a new generation of school-based leaders to light the way
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The Test of Time
A Nation at Risk was an historic document—for its time. Now we know that while its findings were dead on, its reform agenda relied too much on the existing system
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