| A | B |
| first wave reform movement | concerned with improving the academic qualifications by reinforcing the traditional Eurocentric curriculum |
| second wave reform movement | interested in the quality of education recieved in our classrooms, but wants students to live in a pluralistic society |
| Nation at Risk | focused on core curriculum |
| great books curriculum | series of Euro-centric texts that teach European history,literature,philosophy,and culture |
| E.D Hirsch Jr. | supports Bloom's fear that schools don't teach students how to survive in today's world |
| Arthur Schlesinger Jr. | U.S might unravel like a multicolored cloth if teachers teach children about diverse cultures they represent |
| educational reform | leaps in technological,economic,and demographic changes |
| Joel Spring | believes American schools have been dominated by the Euro-centered culture |