Two Muddled Recommendations from "A Nation at Risk.".

Yatvin, Joanne

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ERIC Number: EJ323545

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1984

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Two Muddled Recommendations from "A Nation at Risk."

Yatvin, Joanne

Principal, v63 n4 p41-43 Mar 1984

Disputes the assertions made in "A Nation at Risk" that extended school days and years would be beneficial and that more stringent academic requirements should be adopted. Asserts that the National Commission on Excellence in Education fails to understand both foreign educational systems and American educational needs and values. (PGD)

Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Extended School Day, Extended School Year, Foreign Countries, Required Courses

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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