Document Type
Issue Area One
Abstract
American education has been under severe scrutiny and criticism for at least the past 30 years. In 1963 the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores began a progressive decline from total scores of 980 in 1963 to 890 in 1980. They have remained at essentially the 850 to 900 score level since that time. SAT math and verbal scores revealed the same declining curve since 1963 (College Entrance Exam Board).
Sociologists and educators referred to this decline as a "happening." This "happening" was proceeded in 1962 by the separation of Church and State, thereby, removing all religious and moral principles from our public schools. Contrary to the SAT curves, the societal behavior curves were mirror images with progressively increasing use of alcohol, (National Clearinghouse for Alcohol Consumption), increased public corruption and violent crimes, (Statistical Abstracts of the United States), increased premarital sex and teenage pregnancies (Statistical Abstracts of the United States) and sexually transmitted diseases, and increased sexually transmitted diseases (Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Commerce). Discipline in our schools deteriorated, truancy became commonplace, and the drug culture became a predominate problem in our society and schools.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
2
First Page
15
Last Page
18
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
Feldick, Harley G.
(1994)
"American Education Enters Era of Federalized, Socialistic Education,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss2/7
