Politics, Economy and Education
June 26th, 2008 - By Sujata Gamage
.!. Interesting article by Edward B. Fiske (former Times education editor and author of the Fiske Guide to Colleges) about (a) how Reagan appointed a commission to push a political agenda that included voluntary prayers in schools, but the commission he appointed came up with a report that focused on quality of education and (b) why economic productivity of a country is not correlated with educational achievements. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/opinion/25fiske.html?_r=1&th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all) Op-Ed Contributor A Nation at a Loss NYT 2008/04/25/Opinion TOMORROW is the 25th anniversary of “A Nation at Risk,” a remarkable document that became a milestone in the history of American education — albeit in ways that its ...