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Framework Based on Outcomes,” 258–260 and Skinnerian behavior modification, 127 and teaching religion in schools, 418 and World Conference on Education, 96, 270 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Yearbook (1962), A40 Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), 107–108 Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), 367–368, 452n Association of School Business Officials Research Corpora tion, 328 Astuto, Terry, 264n AT&T, 344 Athens Daily News/Banner Herald (Georgia), 436–437 Atkins, Rick, 395–396 Atlanta Constitution (The) , 111, 316 “Education in a Relaxed Atmosphere: Brain-Based Method— Teaching Trend Emphasizing Creativity, Flexibility and Informality Growing in Area Schools,” 425–427 “Educators, Religious Groups Call School Truce—They Agree to Disagree on Hot Issues of ’90s,” 349–350 “Georgia Schools OK Tracking System,” 407–408 “Gingrich: Taps for Textbooks—He Says Computers Will Replace Them,” 400–401 “Teaching Politics,” 370–371 Atlanta-Journal Constitution (The) , 393–394 Atlanta Life Insurance Company, 344 Atlantic Monthly , 381, 435–436 attention control, 248, 249 attitudinal changes in students, bringing about desired, 207–209 Audiovisual Communication Review , 67

Ballantine, Chrissy, 337 Ballou, Frank A., 24 Ballou, Roger, 344 Bamboo Cross (The) (Homer Dowdy), A175–176 Bandura, Albert, A123 Bangor Daily News (The) (Maine), 155, 236, 255–256, 345–346 Barbara Morris Report (The) , 149–150 Barber, Carol, 233 Barnes, Rick, 393–394 Barnes, Ron, 181 Barnes, Susan, 191 Barnicle, Tim, A96 Baroody, William J., 176 Barr, A.S., 214–215 Barram, David, A76, A96 Barrett, Catherine, 139 Barrett, Nancy, A46 Barrette, William, 174 Barry, Janet N., 240 “Basic Education Program” (North Carolina), 226 “basic learning needs,” 451n Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction (Ralph Tyler), 43 basic skills, 245–247, A21 emphasis on, 172 recommendations from National Education Association (NEA), 139 Basic Skills of the National Institute of Education, 146 Bayev, Boris, 230 Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), 445–446 Becker, W.C., 75 Becker-Engelmann program. See Direct Instruction Becoming a Nation of Readers (Commission on Reading), 211–212 “Becoming Planetary Citizens: A Quest for Meaning,” 113 Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print (Marilyn Jager Adams), 417 Behavioral Objectives: A Guide for Individualized Learning , 101 Behavioral Research Laboratories, 82–83 Behavioral Sciences, 86, 137–138 Behavioral Science Teacher Education Program (BSTEP), 56, 88, 207 excerpts from, A23–26 initiation of, 72 behaviorism, 75, 210–213 Christian conflict with, 185–186 philosophy of, 242 Bean, Scott W., 316 Bear, Barry, 253–254 Beard, Charles A., 24 Beatty, Walcott H., 89–90 Becker, James, 162 Schooling for a Global Age , 151

Avila, Rosie, 433–434 Aydelotte, Frank, 12

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“back to basics,” A91 Back to Basics Reform Or...OBE Skinnerian International Cur riculum , A76, A151 Back to Freedom and Dignity (Francis Schaeffer), xxvi, A130 “Back to the Future—with Funding from NASDC and Direction for the Hudson Institute, the Modern Red Schoolhouse Updates an American Icon for the 90’s” (Lynn Olson), 323

Baer, Richard, Jr., 351 Bailey, Alice, 51, 54n, 283, 366–367 Bailey, Dennis, 182 Bailey, George W., 217–218 Bailey, Stephen K., 83, 152 Baker, Virginia Birt, 288–289 Baldwin-Whitehall public schools, 68