Word: gardners
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...wonder that between 1975 and 1980 there was a 72% increase in remedial math courses at four-year public colleges. The trend, concludes the commission, "stems more from weakness of purpose, confusion of vision, underuse of talent and lack of leadership than from conditions beyond our control." Added Gardner: "There is ample blame to go around." Though the commission members all started with their "own jumble of biases," said Gardner, "almost miraculously we came to the same conclusions." The five major recommended changes...
...final point was the commission's most formless and general. But in many ways, it was at the core of the entire report. The intent, said Gardner, was to provoke "whatever is necessary to get the people of this country to think about this problem." Despite some reservations about oversimplification, many educators were pleased. Observed Chester Finn, professor of education and public policy at Vanderbilt University: "The commission's report is a splendid codification of what I've regarded as the conventional wisdom of the past five years. It gives these ideas the kind of respect they...
...Gardner, who moves this summer from Utah to take over as president of the University of California, will soon get a close-up first reading on whether his commission can make a difference. California, in its customary DEW line position on U.S. trends, led the way in the past decade's educational pandering to student enthusiasms and taxpayers' tight pockets. The state, which once boasted the wealthiest and most prestigious school system in the nation, is now below the U.S. average virtually across the board. In 1972 California students scored nine points above the national norm on College...
After running on a basics-boosting "save our schools" platform, newly elected Superintendent of Public Instruction William Honig has put a set of proposed reforms, much like those of the Gardner commission, before the state legislature. A coalition of business leaders has announced its support; their reason, explained a spokesman, is that "one of the main problems with unemployment in this state is the public school education offered here." The proposals would cost an extra $1 billion next year, an 8% increase. But Californians, and Americans, may be ready to conclude that excellence is worth regaining...