...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...

...throughout the world. The Commission concluded that the educational foundations of our society are being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. INDICATORS OF THE RISK Let me touch upon just a few of the many statistics the Commission cites in...

...education. Widely quoted is the conclusion of the National Commission on Excellence in Education that ". . .the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a nation and a people." Such dire warnings focus on waning performances of students and their teachers. Critics cite as indicators...

...The Imperative for Educational Reform" when they stated: "We report to the American people that . . . the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people." We of the National Association of Christian Educators in the Public Schools (NACE) are concerned that...

...have historically accomplished and contributed to the United States and the well-being of its people, the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. What was unimaginable a generation ago has begun to occur — others are matching and surpassing our...

...have historically accomplished and contributed to the United States and the well-being of its people, the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. What was unimaginable a generation ago has begun to occur — others are matching and surpassing our...

...schools and we have been getting it. So much less, in fact, that — in the Commission's words--"the educational foundations of our society are presently...threatens our very future as a Nation and a people. We pointed to several indicators of this tolerance for mediocre performance : ' A smorgasbord curriculum...

...Its findings are so grave that this Commission asserts that the "foundations of American education 'are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and the people.' " (See Wall Street Journal, April 27, 1983, p. 2) The Presidential Commission's grim report...

...National Commission on Excellence which states that "the educational foundations of our society are being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people." It is that report which is before this committee and, indeed, before the American people. That statement...

...Its findings are so grave that this Commission asserts that the "foundations of American education 'are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and the people.' " (See Wall Street Journal, April 27, 1983, p. 2) The Presidential Commission's grim report...