近年来教育已成为美国政治中的一个重大问题,但是美国对文明教育却未予重视。学校对“质量”的要求并不在于培养优秀的公民,而在于培养具有能够间接地对公共生活作出贡献的有才能、有技巧的个人。“在今后10年内……需要把语言和数学的分数至少提高50分”,里根总统就是从这个方面来解释对教育的最大挑战的。和很多美国人一样,里根对“道德教育”也表示关切,但是道德训练和文 Education has become a major issue in U.S. politics in recent years, but the United States has not paid much attention to civilized education. The school’s demand for “quality” does not lie in the cultivation of good citizens, but in the cultivation of talented and skilled individuals who can indirectly contribute to public life. “In the next 10 years ... need to increase the score of language and mathematics by at least 50 points,” President Reagan explained in this regard is the biggest challenge to education. Like many Americans, Reagan also expressed his concern about “moral education,” but moral training and writing