A Stagnant Nation: Why American Students are Still at Risk shows the lack of progress in the school reform movement since the 1983 release of the National Commission on Excellence in Education’s letter to the American people, A Nation at Risk.
Strong American Schools' report card explains that key recommendations related to time, teaching and standards have yet to be realized.
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