...know, that report that I mentioned first, it concluded that, in its words: "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." It helped heighten and accelerate a wave of education reform...

...report that was entitled "A Nation at Risk." Now, that report concluded that if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. Well, from 1963 to 1980, scholastic aptitude test scores showed...

...occur — others are matching and surpassing our educational attainments. If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves. We...

...OUR MOST VITAL NATIONAL RESOURCE. QUOTING AGAIN FROM "A NATION AT RlSK": "IF AN UNFRIENDLY FOREIGN POWER HAD ATTEMPTED TO IMPOSE ON AMERICA THE MEDIOCRE...EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE THAT EXISTS TODAY, WE MIGHT HELL HAVE VIEWED IT AS AN ACT OF WAR." THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS HAVE LIVED UP TO THEIR OBLIGATION TO EDUCATE...

...Commission on Excellence in Education. Let me quote to you from the report. "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." Whose fault is that, and is the Nation at risk? If we are, whose...

...of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people ... If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. We have dismantled essential support systems which helped make...

...being overtaken by competitors throughout the world." The report states that "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." The report provides some of the following indicators of the...

...National Commission on Excellence in Education recently issued a report saying, "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves." The...

...occur — others are matching and surpassing our educational attainments. If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today; we might well have viewed it as an act of war. As it stands, we have allowed this to happen to ourselves. We...

...being overtaken by competitors throughout the world." The report states that "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre...educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." The report provides some of the following indicators of the...