Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2003

by Brown Center on Education Policy

In 1983 the seminal report issued by the National Commission on Excellence in Education, A Nation at Risk, charged that most American high schoolers were following a general course of instruction, choosing neither the college-preparatory track nor the vocational option. This pattern, the report complained, had fostered low expectations and a curricular hodge-podge of classes that failed to prepare students for college or work. The commission called...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815773617
• ISBN13: 9780815773610
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Thought Provoking

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