...need to be informed by science and technology if they are to remain relevant to the human condition 11 We do not believe that a public commitment to excellence...the equitable treatment of our diverse population. 12 tations and the fear of losing a shared vision for America. On the personal level the student, the...

...human condi'or 11 We do not believe that a public commi'ment to excellence and educational reform most be made at the expense of a strong public commitment to the eauitabie treatment of our diverse population 12 tain ins and the fear of losing a shared vision for...

...on Excellence in Education, released in April of this year at the White House: "We (the Commission) do not believe that a public commitment to excellence...society, and we cannot permit one to yield to the other in principle or in practice. To do so would deny young people their chance to learn and live according...

...commitment for effective reform. The Board, along with the National Ccmnission on Excellence, does "not believe that a public commitment to excellence...society, and we cannot permit one to yield to the other in principle or in practice. To do so would deny young people their chance to learn and live according...

...education." (p. 38) 24-711 O— 84 38 -2A Hftlonat Risk High School II Equality and Excellence " Ke do not believe that a public commitment to excellence...equitable treatment of our diverse population. The tuin goals of equity and high-quality schooling have profound and practical meaning for our economy...

...on Excellence in Education: We do not believe that a public commitment to excellence and education reform must be made at the ex'pense of a strong public commitment to the equitable treatment of or diverse population. The twin goals of equity and high-quality schooling have profound and practical...

...and excellence as mutually compatible for students of all social classes. The commission proclaimed a "strong public commitment to the equitable treatment of our diverse population" to avoid the creation of undemocratic elitism (13). Although the report sounded the call to excellence...

...minority inferiority and white superiority. . . . Children have to function in a multi-cultural world." 6 We do not believe that a public commitment to excellence...our diverse population. The twin goals of equity and high quality schooling have profound and practical meaning for our economy and society, and we cannot...

...them but to inform their discretion."15 And the commission is clear that this means all the people. "We do not believe that a public commitment to excellence...the equitable treatment of our diverse population." They are committed to the twin goals of equality and quality "in principle and in practice." Anything...

...in education. Although NAR acknowledged that educational excellence and reform must not be achieved "at the expense of a strong public commitment to the equitable treatment of our diverse population" it did not make a strong connection between the two goals. But NAR, coupled with the work of people...