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A Nation Reformed or a Nation at Risk?
February 19, 2003
David Gordon editor, A Nation Reformed?
Timothy Knowles deputy superintendent, Boston Public Schools
Kim Marshall former principal, Mather Elementary School
Jeff Howard founder, chair, Efficacy Institute
Gerald Holton professor emeritus, physics, Harvard University

This discussion, led by some of the contributors to the recently published book, A Nation Reformed?, in response to the 20th anniversary of the release of A Nation at Risk, focuses on the educational gains and losses of the last 20 years. The panel is moderated by the book's editor, David Gordon, and includes Timothy Knowles, deputy superintendent for the Boston Public Schools; Kim Marshall, former principal of Boston's Mather Elementary School, now with New Leaders for New Schools; Jeff Howard, founder and chair of the Efficacy Institute; and Gerald Holton, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Professor of the History of Science Emeritus, Harvard University, and a member of the National Commission on Excellence in Education which produced A Nation at Risk.

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