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  • A Nation at Risk

    Morning Bell: “An Act of War”

    This week marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most influential reports on the American education system. In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education concluded in A Nation at Risk: “If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.” Twenty-five years later, the American education system remains in a state of crisis. Microsoft founder Bill Gates does not embrace any war metaphors, but he has expressed real … More