James Harvey: How We Cooked the Books to Produce a Deeply Flawed “A Nation at Risk”

James Harvey, a member of the staff that wrote what ended up being called “A Nation at Risk”, reveals why/how our government in 1983, declared war on OUR public schools, our teachers, our family values, and our children.

A war that has made some wealthy while letting our schools rot, and turned our public schools into a Ukrainian battle field, under endless attack.

“The bumbling began immediately,” Harvey writes, when “Reagan startled the commission members by hailing their call for prayer in the schools, school vouchers, and the abolition of the Department of Education.”

Cherry Picking the Facts

Cooking the Books

“There were at least three problems with what the commission finally produced. First, it settled on its conclusions and then selected evidence to support them. Second, its argument was based on shockingly shoddy logic. And third, it proposed a curricular response that ignored the complexity of American life and the economic and racial divisions within the United States.” …

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Responses to “James Harvey: How We Cooked the Books to Produce a Deeply Flawed “A Nation at Risk””

  1. LOSER LLOYD Avatar
    LOSER LLOYD

    YOU ARE WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING, LOSER! TRUMP DERANGEMENT HEAD.

    1. Lloyd Lofthouse Avatar

      Not many Lloyds around, but any parents that named one “Loser Lloyd” (since this comment came from someone called “Loser Lloyd”) has to have been mean, cruel, horrible, abusive parents, which may explain why this comment from someone calling themsleves “Loser Lloyd” thinks someone named “you” is wrong about everything.

      Who is “you”?

      Still, without knowing who “you” is, I wonder how someone called “you” can be wrong about everything.

      And what is a Trump Derangement Head?

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      Any merchandize with his name on it also earns him money.

      For anyone with a Trump Derangement empty head, MAGA may also mean:

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      Members Are Giant Asses

      Much Ado Generally About nothing

    2. Lloyd Lofthouse Avatar

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