Nation at Risk
Report presented to Reagan.
https://www.reaganfoundation.org/media/130020/a-nation-at-risk-report.pdf
' The time is long past when America's destiny was assured simply by an abundance of natural resources and inexhaustible human enthusiasm, and by our relative isolation from the malignant problems of older civilizations. The world is indeed one global village.'
No Child Left Behind didn't work too well.