...s1nthelic fertilizers did earlier. If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive edge we will retain in world markets, we must dedicate ourselves to the reform of our education f-ir the benefit of ail " Trade Policy Although change and painful adjustments now moving...

...spreading throughout the world as vigorously as miracle drugs and synthetic fertilizers did earlier. If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive edge we will retain m world markets, we must dedicate ourselves to the reform of our education f..r the benefit...

...report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, A Nation at Risk, it was argued that: "If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive...ourselves to the reform of our educational system." Finally, the Task Force on Education and the Economy, Education Commission of the States, said in its...

...report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, A Nation at Risk, it was argued that: "If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive...ourselves to the reform of our educational system." 476 - 10 Finally, the Task Force on Education and the Economy, Education Commission of the States,...

...reports assert that strong public schools are the backbone of our ability to compete on the global stage: "If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive edge we still retain in world markets," A Nation at Risk warns, "we must rededicate ourselves to the reform of our educational system " In...

...eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. . . . We must dedicate ourselves to the reform of our educational system for the benefit of all" (1983:1). The report resonated with a general sense that, despite Reagan's cheerleading, something...

...toother nations. The United States... had educationally disarmed itself in a hostile economic war. "If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive edge we still retain in world markets," [A Nation At-Risk] said, we must dedicate ourselves to the reform of our educational system. ... Why...

...learning, information and skilled intelligence are the new raw materials of international commerce ... If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive...ourselves to the reform of our educational system.' Yet student achievement in science and mathematics, and average scores in high school standardised...

...commerce" and so for us even to keep our "slim" competitive edge in world markets requires that "we dedicate ourselves to the reform of our educational system for the benefit of all." Learning is "the indispensable investment required for success in the 'information age' we are entering"...

...televisions) and automobiles (eg, Hyundais) on the American educational system. The report stated, "If only to keep and improve on the slim competitive edge we still retain in world markets, we must rededicate ourselves to the reform of the educational system for the benefit of all" (7). The reform...