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“We as a nation are crying for higher quality education,” said Mr. Wheat, “for young people who are educated, committed, and have a sense of integrity. That’s one of the great things about Wakefield.”
Referring to “ A Nation at Risk,” the recent government study which many people in and on" of education found frightening because of its unfavorable comparison of the educational standards of the United States with those of other industrial nations, Mr. Wheat notes, “We live in a world of increased complexity^technologically, socially, geographically and so on. This requires that our civilization has got to have better-educated people, both more people completing high school and higher quality standards in secondary schools.”
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