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Introduction: Changing the Face of American Education |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 10/1/1994 |
| Size: 688 Words, 4,391 Characters |
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In 1983, the federal government published A Nation at Riskdetailing the failure of the public school system to provide many students with an adequate education. In the decade since, the nation has spent over $2 trillion on public schools as it tried to reform the system.
What has been the impact of this extraordinary expenditure of money and effort? Shockingly little. Congress has found that a majority of public schools are still ...
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... heightening the race consciousness that has relegated so many African Americans to the lowest ranks of the socioeconomic ladder. That would be bad news for the whole country, Miller insists, not just for urban blacks.
What happens in the classrooms, wherever they are, matters to every American because the future of America depends upon the kind of citizens that our schools produce.
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