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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: More On "Nation at Risk" 25th Anniversary
ANAR unquestionably oversimplified the relationship between economic prosperity and the quality of public education. However, ANAR never claimed that our schools are failures, pointed out in detail areas in which American education has been enormously successful, and cautioned that Americans seem to expect that the schools can compensate for weaknesses in other institutions. Debunkers of ANAR need debunking themselves. Art -----Original Message----- From: Bob Schaeffer <bobschaeffer@earthlink.net> To: ARN Main List <arn-l@interversity.org>; arn2-strategy <arn2-strategy@yahoogroups.com>; ARN State <ARN-state@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:11 am Subject: [arn-l] More On "Nation at Risk" 25th Anniversary Excellent analysis by Richard Rothstein: http://www.cato-unbound.org/2008/04/07/richard-rothstein/a-nation-at-risk-twenty-five-years-later/ ------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe ARN-L: http://interversity.org/lists/arn-l/subscribe.html
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