Document Type
Issue Area One
Abstract
Public education, much like business and industry, came under intense scrutiny and criticism in the early to middle 1980s. In the book, Mega/rends, the point about SAT scores was made that "few would be pessimistic enough to guess that the 1970s would produce a continued steady decline or that in 1 1981 scores would have sunk to an all-time low of 424 and 466" (Naisbitt, 1982, p. 156). Naisbitt said the Gallop Poll reported that "for the first time in the nation's history, adults considered themselves better educated than young people" (p. 157). In 1983, the book A Nation At Risk specifically linked the future competitiveness of the nation to progress in improving the public schools. Business and industry were also receiving less than stellar reviews. The continued perceived decline in U.S. competitiveness was characterized as a "corporate malaise that has us in a vicelike grip" (Peters & Waterman, 1982, p. xx). Much of the literature clearly suggested the decline of America's competitiveness in both education and industry.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
1
First Page
37
Last Page
39
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1994 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Prior, Harold D.
(1994)
"School-Based Shared Decision-Making: Increasing Staff Commitment, Motivation, and Frustration,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss1/13
