Secretary of Education Terrel Bell

A Nation at Risk Report Launches Education Reform Industry, Lays Groundwork for Privatization

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On April 26, 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released “A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform,” a report that fundamentally reshaped American education discourse and laid the ideological groundwork for decades of privatization efforts. The …

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