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A Nation At Risk, 35 Years Later

As “A Nation at Risk” turns 35 in April, The 74 is publishing an array of articles, columns, retrospectives, and previews tied to the Reagan Institute’s “Summit on Education” in Washington, D.C.

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WATCH: 35 Years Later, How ‘A Nation at Risk’ Continues to Change American Education

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WATCH: 5 Good Minutes With Purdue President Mitch Daniels on American Education and the Famous ‘A Nation at Risk’ Report

Andrew Brownstein & Emmeline Zhao

WATCH: 40 Years After ‘A Nation at Risk,’ the Inside Story of the 36 Pages That Changed American Education

Jim Fields

Complete Preview: As ‘A Nation at Risk’ Turns 35, the Reagan Institute Invites Top Education Leaders at D.C. Summit

Laura Fay

We Are Still a Nation at Risk, but We Can Avert by Listening to Consumers

Bill Hansen

3 Ways ‘A Nation at Risk’ Gave Voice to a New Generation of Education Advocates

Suzanne Tacheny Kubach

35 Years Later, Blockbuster Reagan-Era Education Report Has Remarkable Durability and Resilience

Bruno V. Manno

Landmark 1983 Report Faced Backlash but Changed U.S. History by ‘Changing the Way We Look at Education and Putting It Back on the American Agenda’

Milt Goldberg

To Save Our Democracy and Economy, the Future of American Education Must Start Now

John Heubusch

The Workplace of Today Is Not What It Was 35 Years ago. Computational Thinking Is the New Basic Requirement

Mary Snapp