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Stewig, John Warren – USA Today, 1983
By understanding the educational policies of the past, we can avoid the aimless, ephemeral quality of educational programs which are directed to the problems of the moment. The current debate over returning to the basics is blinding us to the need to plan for the future and the computer age. (IS)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Computer Literacy, Computers, Educational Change
Altschul, D. Robert – 1984
A geographer responds to three themes found in the U.S. National Commission on Excellence in Education report "A Nation at Risk": (1) the return to basics theme, (2) the science and technology theme, and (3) the social science theme. The report recommends the adoption of "New Basics," which, in four years of high school, would…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1989
This staff report summarizes testimony on competitiveness and the quality of the American work force. The testimony was received during 9 days of hearings held between September 23 and December 3, 1987, that featured 52 witnesses including federal and state officials, educators, business and labor leaders, and scholars. Contents comprise prepared…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Educational Benefits, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Thomas, Daniel – New England Social Studies Bulletin, 1983
The present crisis in education has its roots in educational changes promoted by graduate schools of education which promoted looser standards as early as the 1920s. To reverse this trend will require more money, more rigorous qualifications for teachers, longer school days and years, and attention to new technologies. (IS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Educational Change, Educational History