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Malkova, Zoya A. – Prospects, 1989
Examines educational quality as a concept, contending that quality in education is declining in developed countries. Delineates ways to prevent poor academic performance, invigorate the teaching process, and use educational and vocational guidance. (KO)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Developed Nations, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Reagan, Ronald – National Forum: Phi Kappa Phi Journal, 1984
Adding more funds to American education will not accomplish the needed reform. Needed are restoration of discipline, ending of drug and alcohol abuse, raising academic standards, encouraging good teaching, restoring parent and state/local government involvement, and teaching the basics. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Discipline, Drug Abuse
Peer reviewedGreene, Maxine – Curriculum Inquiry, 1985
Discusses the "American jeremiad"--a pervasive ideological theme portraying a national mission and our failures in achieving it--and the influence of this ideology on elementary and secondary education. (MCG)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Back to Basics, Conformity, Conservatism
Download full textGardner, David P.; And Others – 1983
This report: (1) investigates the declining state of the educational system in America, as measured by high school student performance in the United States and other countries; (2) identifies specific problem areas; and (3) offers multiple recommendations for improvement. The five major recommendations arrived at appear, respectively, under the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Comparative Education
National Commission on Excellence in Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
This report: (1) investigates the declining state of the educational system in America, as measured by high school student performance in the United States and other countries; (2) identifies specific problem areas; and (3) offers multiple recommendations for improvement. The five major recommendations arrived at appear, respectively, under the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Comparative Education
American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA. – 1983
The National Commission on Excellence in Education authored a report, "A Nation At Risk," that investigates the declining state of the educational system in America, identifies specific problem areas, and offers multiple recommendations for improvement. This publication is designed to help school administrators use the Commission's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Administrator Guides, Back to Basics
