A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform: a report to the Nation and the Secretary of Education, United States Department of Education
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A Nation at Risk - United States National Commission on Excellence in Education
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A NATION AT RISK:
THE IMPERATIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL REFORM
BY
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
Letter of Transmittal 5
Members of the National Commission on Excellence in Education 7
Introduction 11
Mission Statement 13
A Nation At Risk 14
The Risk 15
Indicators of the Risk 17
Hope and Frustration 20
Excellence in Education 21
The Learning Society 22
The Tools at Hand 23
The Public’s Commitment 24
Findings 26
Findings Regarding Content 26
Findings Regarding Expectations 26
Findings Regarding Time 28
Findings Regarding Teaching 29
Recommendations 30
Recommendation A: Content 31
Implementing Recommendations 32
Recommendation B: Standards and Expectations 34
Implementing Recommendations 35
Recommendation C: Time 36
Implementing Recommendations 37
Recommendation D: Teaching 38
Recommendation E: Leadership and Fiscal Support 39
Implementing Recommendations 40
America Can Do It 41
A Word to Parents and Students 42
To Parents 43
To Students 44
A Final Word 45
Appendices 46
Appendix A: Charter National Commission on Excellence in Education 46
Authority 46
Purpose and Functions 46
Structure 46
Meetings 47
Compensation 47
Annual Cost Estimate 47
Reports 48
Termination Date 48
Appendix B: Schedule of the Commission’s Public Events 49
Appendix С: Commissioned Papers 51
Appendix D: Hearing Testimony 55
Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education 55
Related Activities in the Bay Area 56
Related Activities in Houston 58
Related Activities in Atlanta 60
Related Activities in Chicago 62
Related Activities in the Denver Area 64
Related Activities in the Boston Area 67
Appendix E: Other Presentations to the Commission 69
Appendix F: Notable Programs 70
Institutions Which Submitted Profiles of Programs 70
Appendix G: Acknowledgments 71
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 72
Letter of Transmittal
April 26, 1983
Honorable T. H. Bell
Secretary of Education
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, D.C. 20202
Dear Mr. Secretary:
On August 26, 1981, you created the National Commission on Excellence in Education and directed it to present a report on the quality of education in America to you and to the American people by April of 1983.
It has been my privilege to chair this endeavor and on behalf of the members of the Commission it is my pleasure to transmit this report, A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform.
Our purpose has been to help define the problems afflicting American education and to provide solutions, not search for scapegoats. We addressed the main issues as we saw them, but have not attempted to treat the subordinate matters in any detail. We were forthright in our discussions and have been candid in our report regarding both the strengths and weaknesses of American education.
The Commission deeply believes that the problems we have discerned in American education can be both understood and corrected if the people of our country, together with those who have public responsibility in the matter, care enough and are courageous enough to do what is required.
Each member of the Commission appreciates your leadership in having asked this diverse group of persons to examine one of the central issues which will define our Nation’s future. We especially welcomed your confidence throughout the course of our deliberations and your anticipation of a report free of political partisanship.
It is our collective and earnest hope that you will continue to provide leadership in this effort by assuring wide dissemination and full discussion of this report, and by encouraging appropriate action throughout the country. We believe that materials compiled by the Commission in the course of its work constitute a major resource for all persons interested in American education.
The other Commissioners and I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to have served our country as members of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, and on their behalf I remain,
Respectfully,
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Chairman
Members of the National Commission on Excellence in Education
David P. Gardner (Chair)
President
University of Utah and
President-Elect, University of
California
Salt Lake City, Utah
Yvonne W. Larsen (Vice-Chair)
Immediate Past-President
San Diego City School Board
San Diego, California
William O. Baker
Chairman of the Board (Retired)
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Murray Hill, New Jersey
Anne Campbell