Part 4 (1980-2000): The Bottom Line
Part 4: The Bottom Line is based on the years of 1980- 2000. These years in American education come after a time of crucial change in schooling for the United States. The stage of American schools before 1980 was full of separation between race, gender, and class. Once these academic/education issues had been resolved, there came the article "A Nation At Risk." This article brought to light what many believed was a new, different issue in America's educational system. The "A Nation At Risk" article was a response to America's failure to keep up with other nations economically, technologically, and academically. This failure was blamed on the public schools and educational systems of the country. Due to such failure and embarrassment, American corporate businesses took over many of the schools in the United States. Business leaders believed that if students were to perform better academically, then the economic future of America would increase. Th