Speculations on "A Nation at Risk": Illusions and Realities

Autor/in	Hewitt, Thomas W.
Titel	Speculations on "A Nation at Risk": Illusions and Realities
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 89 (2008) 8, S.575-579 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; Federal Legislation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bundesrecht
Abstract	Magicians present illusions. Commissioned reports and the writers who produce them sometimes do the same. Controversy continues to surround the findings of the Warren Commission report on the Kennedy assassination long after it was completed. And the same has been true of "A Nation at Risk", ever since its publication in 1983. The two most controversial issues have been the report's role in the development and establishment of a new and permanent federal influence in national education policy making and the degree to which the report's recommendations set the direction for subsequent national education reform actions. Overall, the controversies feed into the perception that, at least since its publication, American education has been in a perpetual state of rolling crisis and reform. In this article, the author argues that while it's clear that "A Nation at Risk" had a major impact, at least in the continuing development of federal influence, the reality is that in terms of the curriculum, the report's impact on schools and schooling is the illusion. (Contains 3 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10