America’s Schools Worse Than Mediocre: Reform Needed More than Ever

‘A rising tide of mediocrity” — that’s how a group of education stakeholders and reformers described the state of America’s K–12 schools after an 18-month study. The group’s report, A Nation at Risk, noted that we might have viewed this mediocre education system as an act of war had it been imposed upon us by a foreign government. “As it stands,” they wrote, “we have allowed this to happen to ourselves.”

However familiar it may sound, this report was not a recent effort. It was published in 1983.

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Connor Boyack

Connor Boyack is the president of Libertas Network and the author of 50 books, including the Tuttle Twins children’s-book series.

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Corey DeAngelis

Corey DeAngelis is a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a senior fellow at Americans for Fair Treatment.

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‘A rising tide of mediocrity” — that’s how a group of education stakeholders and reformers described the state of America’s K–12 schools after an 18-month study. The group’s report, A Nation at Risk, noted that we might have viewed this mediocre education system as an act of war had it been imposed upon us by a foreign government. “As it stands,” they wrote, “we have allowed this to happen to ourselves.”

However familiar it may sound, this report was not a recent effort. It was published in 1983.