Backgrounder posted December 21, 1990 by Jeanne Allen, Michael J. McLaughlin
A Businessman's Guide to the Education Reform Debate
Introduction
American business understands well that the nation's public
schools are like a money-losing industrial giant that cannot
produce a product that satisfies its customers. Leaders of
America's major companies understand too that the nation's schools
must improve if the United States is to remain competitive in world
markets.
But there is little…
Backgrounder posted August 3, 1990 by Michael J. McLaughlin
High School Dropouts: How Much of a Crisis?
Introduction
In his first State of the Union Address, George Bush this
January set six goals to strengthen American education. One of them
is to reduce the national high school dropout rate to 10 percent by
the end of the decade. Currently, according to Bush, the rate is 25
percent. This high rate, it is said, saddles the United States with
an undereducated…