“This penetrating, scary analysis and these astute, far-reaching recommendations amount to A Nation at Risk for the next generation.”—Chester E. Finn Jr., President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

From the Commissioners
“Bold, inventive, analytic, and piercing.”—Sharon Lynn Kagan, Virginia & Leonard Marx Professor of Early Childhood and Family Policy, Teachers College, Columbia University

“This proposal is radical? Yes. Hard to achieve? Of course. Essential? Absolutely. Our nation's schools are failing to educate our children, and that has to stop—else we condemn our own kids to ever lower incomes. We must act—now!”—William E. Brock, Former Secretary of Labor, Reagan Administration

“Fascinating and thought-provoking read that is sure to get the American educational establishment talking.”—Charles B. Reed, Chancellor, California State University System

“This report lays out the kind of drastic change to the system that is crucial if we are to remain a viable economic and political leader in the world.”—David P. Driscoll, Commissioner of Education, Massachusetts