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People have entered an era of education reform with an extensive focus on how well students are being prepared to succeed in postsecondary education and careers in a rapidly changing global economy, as well as to become ...
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Secretary of Education from 1993-2001 under the Clinton Administration describes U.S. Department of Education efforts to increase academic standards in public schools, such as creating a workable accountability system, n...
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This speech by Richard W. Riley asserts that education is becoming a more important component of modern society and is absolutely crucial for any society wishing to modernize. The wealth of any nation in the information ...
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This speech by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley discusses how education is improving as the country moves into the 21st century. Section 1 sums up the United States' history of giving millions of Americans the e...
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Presents an executive summary of a white paper prepared for the U.S. Secretary of Education. Provides information about the mathematics and science courses that students take in middle school and high school and their ef...
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Public education in the United States faces many challenges. Ways in which districts are meeting these challenges are discussed in this State of American Education speech given by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. R...
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The speech opens with an overview of current conditions in American education. It provides a synopsis of gains in education made in the American South, such as the fact that college enrollment in the region approached na...
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Teachers can help prevent drug and alcohol use. Surveys of middle and high school students reveal that only 30% have parents who talk with them about drugs but almost 90% have teachers who do so. Parents and teachers nee...
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Examines how citizens' concern for education can be used to encourage family and community involvement in improving learning. Highlights "America Goes Back to School" program as an opportunity for parent and community in...
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This paper presents the contents of an address given by Richard W. Riley, United States Secretary of Education, on February 28, 1996, in St. Louis, Missouri, on the state of American education. Policymakers are divided o...
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Recaps current federal Department of Education programs, including: Family Involvement Partnership (to increase family involvement in education); READ, WRITE, NOW (summer reading program); and America Goes Back to School...
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Presents the Secretary's views on efforts to eliminate the United States Department of Education or reducing basic education programs. Contends that funding education should not be a partisan process subject to the uncer...
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Nine experts look at the role of business in public education and consider the argument that today's learning organizations must also be teaching organizations. Subjects discussed include privatization of education, equi...
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The central issue in education today is whether education has kept up with the fundamental and far-reaching changes in the economic and social structure of this nation. We must have a new ideal of American education grou...
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The Secretary of Education discusses gains made since Brown versus Board of Education ruling and recognizes much work still to be done. Presents five core building blocks for encouraging excellence and equality for all c...