Educating Children with Learning Problems: A Shared Responsibility

In the past several years, Americans have recognized the fact that we have expected too little of our students, and often we get what we expect. As a nation, we have seen this as a challenge, and we have begun to respond. One of this administration's first priorities was to establish a National Commission on Excellence in Education. We asked it to help us chart a new course which would permit us to correct the mistakes of the past.