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in Providence, Rhode Island. 2. The Mid-Atlantic Region (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.) served by the Center for Research in Human Development and Education at Temple University in Philadelphia. 3. The Appalachian Region (Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) served by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) in Charleston, West Virginia. 4. The Southeastern Region (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi) served by the Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) in Greensboro, North Carolina. 5. The Southwestern Region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico) served by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) in Austin, Texas. 6. The Central Region (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, and Wyoming) served by the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) in Aurora, Colorado. 7. The Midwestern Region (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois, and Iowa) served by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) in Oak Brook, Illinois. 8. The Northwestern Region (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana) served by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) in Port land, Oregon. 9. The Western Region (California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona) served by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development (FWL) in San Francisco, California. 10. The Pacific Region (Hawaii, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) served by the Pacific Regional Educational Laboratory (PREL) in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Restructuring. A systemic or system-wide movement to change the entire education model in order to achieve the new national goals; also known as “transformation.” This lifelong, revolutionary, never-ending change system (paradigm shift) includes mastery learning, direct instruction, outcome-based education, Total Quality Management, and partnerships with business and community leaders, churches, and parents. Restructuring calls for the involvement of carefully selected, politically correct unelected members of the community in the decision making process. (See 1991 Hillary’s “Paradigm Change: More Magic than Logic,” Paradigm , School Reform , Systemic Change and Appendix XII) SCANS (The Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills). SCANS was created under Elizabeth Dole as Secretary of Labor. It links education to the Department of Labor in a joint effort to create a workforce that meets the future needs for a global workforce and produces students who are competent in prescribed work skills including attitudes and group thinking. It can direct students into specific training, limit their options, and bring intrusive government influences into all aspects of life. (See 1990 SCANS article, Certificates of Initial Mastery and Advanced Mastery , and Appendix XV and XVIII) School-Based Decision Making. A form of school governance that replaces elected school boards and/or central school system administrators with a school site council consisting of unelected principals, teachers, and selected parents who support the radical changes