On the recordApril 27, 1988
We have begun to turn back what our education commission 5 years ago called 'a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people.'
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presidency.ucsb.eduRonald Reagan: “We have begun to turn back what our education commission 5 years ago called 'a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens…”
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Remarks on Signing the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988
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