Thirty years ago, in 1983, the influential report A Nation At Risk was published. In that report, American public education was considered to be mediocre. As the title implies, this brief report provides current information and data that shows that public education in this country is still mediocre.About the Author: M.O. Thirunarayanan currently teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the College of Education at Florida International University, in Miami, Florida. He also supervises doctoral students. He has made presentations at several professional conferences and has published peer-reviewed papers in many scholarly journals.