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Endnotes: 1 The foregoing information was taken from Appendix A–1 of the SCANS publication What Work Requires of Schools (U.S. Department of Labor: Washington, D.C., 1991). 2 National Issues in Education: Goals 2000 and School-to-Work by John F. Jennings, Ed. (Phi Delta Kappa: Bloomington, Ind., and The Institute for Educational Leadership: Washington, D.C., 1995). 3 For those interested in seeing how Skinner’s animal training works with teachers, Madeline Hunter’s Instructional Theory into Practice: ITIP is a collection of Hunter’s instructional materials which she developed and taught throughout her career. This material may be purchased from: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 North Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311–1714, Ph: 1–800–933–2723. 4 World Education for All Forum Secretariat is located at: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 7 Place de Fonteroy, 75352 Paris O75P, France. 5 Polytechnical Education: A Step by Robert H. Beck available by calling 1–800–637–7651. 6 Ordering address: The Blumenfeld Education Report , Literacy Unlimited, Inc., 2527 Knox Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61114. 7 Global Alliance for Transforming Education, 4202 Ashwoody Trail, Atlanta, GA 30319. 8 Numinous: “1: supernatural, mysterious 2: filled with a sense of the presence of divinity; holy 3: appealing to the higher emo tions or to the aesthetic sense; spiritual.” ( Webster’s Seventh New College Dictionary [G. & C. Merriam Company: Springfield, MA, 1971.]) 9 Please re-read the 1934 entry regarding Conclusions and Recommendations for the Social Studies funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the wording of which very closely resembles the GATE entry. 10 Edwards Deming stated in an interview at the University of Pittsburgh in 1992 that “What I took to Japan [TQM] was not the American way.” 11 “Non-hierarchical process of new leadership” is Total Quality Management (TQM). 12 See 1991 entry concerning Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s efforts in the Eugene, Oregon School District 4J for further information regarding Muller and his curriculum. 13 Glavin, Matthew J., Reach for the Stars: A Proposal for Education Reform in Georgia . (Georgia Public Policy Foundation: Atlanta, GA, 1991) 14 In 1997 Michigan Governor John Engler funded and supported a report prepared by an appointed commission which recom mended that Michigan’s schools—as an example to the nation—be divested of public control and turned into “corporations.” These “corporations” would give stock to families with children in the communities in which the schools were located and to employees of the schools—the employees would receive larger shares than the parent/citizen stockholders—and to other “interested entities” which could include business and corporate interests. Because of the structure of “corporations,” the question was and could be asked concerning the possibility of investment by foreign, or certainly interstate, interests. This certainly raises the spectre of “corporate academies” being created out of our public schools. 15 Those interested in obtaining a copy of the Carnegie Corporation’s report A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century , published in the May 21, 1986 issue of Education Week , can do so by writing to: Education Week , Suite 775, 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20003. 16 The Russian Deputy Minister of Education Elena Lenskaya was also a presenter at Willard Daggett’s International Center for Leadership in Education, Inc., Second Annual Model Schools Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in the summer of 1994. She made a return appearance in the summer of 1998 at the Sixth Annual Model Schools Conference. 17 The USCEFA’s definition for “basic learning needs,” as put forth in their literature, is “the essential learning tools—such as literacy, oral expression, numeracy, problem-solving and basic learning content—required by all people to develop their full capacities to live and work in dignity, to participate fully in development, to improve the quality of their lives, to make informed decisions.” 18 Education Development Center, Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts was the developer of the controversial social studies program Man: A Course of Study or M:ACOS , based on the work of B.F. Skinner and Jerome Bruner. 19 See 1991 New American Schools Development Corporation entry. 20 British Columbia Teachers’ Federation, 100–550 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2. 21 For more information regarding Community Learning Information Network, write CLIN, 1776 K St., N.W., Fifth Floor, Wash ington, D.C. 20006, Office: 202–857–2330. 22 The writer considers this publication a “Must Read”! It may be ordered by sending $12.00 to: Billy Lyon, Route #1, Box 37, Edgewood, TX 75117. 23 The reader may wish to order Ms. Rogers’s first article, “In Loco Parentis: The Brave New Family in Missouri,” as well as a complete copy of the excerpted article from: Chronicles , 934 N. Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103. 24 From personal collection of this writer, provided by a fellow researcher. 25 See previous reference to this conference in the 1981 entry of this book dealing with comments by Malcolm Davis. 26 See 1993 entry for M. Donald Thomas’s “A Plan for Action,” which contains proposals from Dr. Don Thomas concerning $50 fines for parents who refuse to volunteer. 27 For further information on this subject, the NAEP, and violation of privacy, order a copy of “When Johnny Takes the Test: How Your Child Is Identified and Tracked to the National Data Bank—and Beyond” by Melanie Fields, Anita Hoge and Sarah Leslie from: Conscience Press, P.O. Box 449, Ravenna, Ohio 44266, or http://www.christianconscience.com. 28 Florida and Texas were specifically selected because of their use in the data collection project for migratory children and their families. 29 Videotape from private collection.