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A nation at risk: the imperative for educational reform

Peter J. Denning
- 01 Jul 1983 - 
- Vol. 26, Iss: 7, pp 467-478
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Because of the extraordinary clarity and importance of the Commission's Report, the editors of the Communica t ions decided to reprint the Report's main section in its entirety and present it to you here.
Abstract
released a remarkab le report, A Nation at Risk. This Report has s t imulated in the media considerable discussion about the problems in our schools, speculation about the causes, and ass ignment of blame. Astonishingly, f e w of the media reports have focused on the specific f indings and recommendat ions of the Commission. A lmos t none of the med ia reports tells that the Commission i tsel f re frained f rom speculation on causes and f rom assignment of blame. Because of the extraordinary clarity and importance of the Commission's Report, the editors of the Communica t ions decided to reprint the Report's main section in its entirety. We are p leased to present it to you here.

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Education and the Ethics of Democratic Citizenship

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A Framework for Learning about Big Data with Mobile Technologies for Democratic Participation: Possibilities, Limitations, and Unanticipated Obstacles.

TL;DR: It is argued that literacy in this domain is critical for engaged democratic participation and that peer-generated data from mobile technologies offer rich possibilities for students to learn about this new genre of data.
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Identifying Gifted and Talented English Language Learners: A Case Study

TL;DR: With the sharp rise in students who are English language learners (ELL), research on identifying and serving the needs of gifted and talented (GT) ELL students offers fertile ground for best practi...
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Examining a History of Failed Reforms and Recent Stories of Success: Mathematics Education and Black Learners of Mathematics in the United States.

TL;DR: The authors made the case that Black children have not benefited from reform agendas in mathematics which are often situated in the larger political and social space, and the hybrid historical-critical race theory (CRT) analysis coupled with the historical critical methods of this article attempt to unveil the underpinning of the'mathematics for all' message.
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Practical Research: Planning and Design

TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analysis of the literature on comparative qualitative and quantitative approaches to quantitative qualitative research and concludes with a call for further research into these techniques.
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Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge

TL;DR: In this age of "process," with downsizing and restructuring affecting many workplaces, companies have fallen trap to lack of communication and distrust, and vision and leadership are needed more than ever before.
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Effective Schools for the Urban Poor

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply a simple sense of fairness in the dis tribution of the primary goods and services that characterize our social order to public education and show that to achieve greater equity in public education requires public policy that begins by making the poor less poor and ends by making them not poor at all.
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Effective Schools: A Review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the following questions that must be addressed in this paper: 1.questions that must and do not need to be addressed.2.question 1.
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The Meaning of Educational Change

Bruce Joyce, +1 more
- 23 Jan 1984 - 
TL;DR: Fullan's complex, thoughtful monograph as discussed by the authors deals with the social and psychological problems of meaning and the realities of innovators, researchers, superintendents, curriculum personnel, principles, and teachers.