...the National Commission on Excellence in Education released its report, A Nation at Risk, stating: "[T]he educational foundations of our society are...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Many feel that the commission's conclusions continue to be as accurate and timely as they were a decade...

..."A Nation at Risk" — that report itself said that the educational foundations of our society were being eroded by "a rising tide of mediocrity that...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Well, it was time to stem that tide, to get our educational house in order, or to suffer the consequences....

...organizations; and business, we have begun to turn back what our education commission 5 years ago called "a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Well, we've taken a firm and uncompromising stand against drugs in our nation's schools. We've encouraged...

..."A Nation at Risk" — that report itself said that the educational foundations of our society were being eroded by "a rising tide of mediocrity that...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Well, it was time to stem that tide, to get our educational house in order, or to suffer the consequences....

...explains why collaborative programs are so desperately needed at this time. It argues persuasively that, "While we can take justifiable pride in what...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." This erosion occurs at the most basic level, with Verbal SAT scores dropping over 50 points during...

...Commission on Excellence in Education. The report begins with the following, "Our Nation is at risk. The educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people ... if an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance...

...throughout the world. We also agreed that one of the dimensions of that risk lies in the fact that the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a nation and a people. Our concern, however, goes far beyond matters such as industry and commerce. It also includes the intellectual,...

...because our children are not being educated as well as they should be. The Commission reports that "the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." I think we can pretty much all agree on the general conclusions of these reports: The education system...

...throughout the world. The Commission agreed that one of the dimensions of that risk lies in the fact that the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. The Commission's concern, however, went far beyond matters such as industry and commerce. It also included...

...REPORT ON EDUCATION, "A NATION AT RlSK", THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION STATES THAT "...THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF OUR SOCIETY ARE...THREATENS OUR VERY FUTURE AS A NATION AND A PEOPLE." MR. CHAIRMAN, AS YOU AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS PANEL WELL KNOW, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WHOSE FUNDING...