1.0 link 94519 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-bracey/were-a-nation-at-risk-hap_b_94519.html A Nation at Risk should have been published on April 1, 1983. It was a great April Fools Day joke on America (Given what it did to public education, though, educators can be forgiven if they smile not). Instead, the National Commission on Excellence in Education published it on April 28, meaning we "celebrate" its 25th anniversary later this month. Most commentators thought it raised a great alarm with its stentorian rhetoric about "a rising tide of mediocrity" and cold...

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