tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post5682234053020131413..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: Real intellectual workMike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-1577473171027914992008-12-16T10:46:00.000-06:002008-12-16T10:46:00.000-06:00You're right Tom.It adds an extra sense of irony t...You're right Tom.<BR/><BR/>It adds an extra sense of irony to the proposition in A Nation at Risk: "If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." <BR/><BR/>But ANAR's response wasn't to transform the two-tiered education system into a more democratic one. Rather, it was to reinforce it through this current accountability wave.Mike Klonskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-33290918701785611662008-12-16T07:33:00.000-06:002008-12-16T07:33:00.000-06:00Hm. Paul Goodman used to say we treated our own c...Hm. Paul Goodman used to say we treated our own country "like a conquered province." Apparently we've sunk below that point.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.com