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psychology of, 118 research of, 121

A26 B.F. Skinner: The Man and His Ideas (Richard I. Evans), 77–78, A35 Bias Crime Task Force Report, 405 Bienter, Robert F., 99–100 Bierwirth, Jack, 337 “Big Bad Cows and Cars: Green Utopianism & Environmental Outcomes” (Sarah Leslie), A167–176 “Big School Changes Proposed,” 155 birth control, 103 Bishop, Lloyd, 100 Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota), 348–349 Black, Florence Massey, 31 Block, Clifford, 290 Block, James, 117, 118, 227, 228, 313–314 “Mastery Learning: The Current State of the Craft,” 155–156 Bloom, Benjamin, 79, 134, 189, A43, A75 Billington, James, 341–342 Bill of Rights (American), 27 Billups, Andrea, 437–438 “Father of Mastery Learning,” 4, 141, 227 and Mastery Learning, 124–125, 370, A41 “New Views of the Learner: Implications for Instruction and Curriculum,” 148 Stability and Change in Human Characteristics , A89 Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, Handbook II, Affective Domain , 29, 52–53, 65, 69, 187, A22, A89 Bloom, Sophie, 79 Blosser, Fred, 446 Blumenfeld, Samuel, 254, A72–80, A81–89, A131 foreword to book, xi–xii Whole Language OBE Fraud (The) , 6, A57–64 Blumenfeld Education Letter (The) , 264n, 274, A72–89, 451n Blyth, John W., A9 boarding schools, 155, 336 Boatman, Robert, 104 Bock, John C., 99 Boeing, 446 Boggs, Larry J., 109 Bohlen, Charles E. (Chip), 12 Bolt, Beranek, and Newman, Inc., 171, 417 Bong, Russell, 308–309, 451n All Our Children Learning , 160, 171 and behavior modification, 126, 207 and Direct Instruction, 117, 228

as scientifc and research-based, 238–239 behavior modification, 119–120, 126, 127 “Beijing Journal: Personal File and Worker Yoked for Life” (Nicholas D. Kristof), 294 Bell, Don, 112 Bell, Terrell H., 141, 183, 221, 257, 350 Adult Performance Level (APL) Study, 133 “creating crisis to bring about change,” xviii and educational research laboratories, 205–206, 215 Edward Curran, dismissal of, 192 International Conference for Parent/Citizen Involvement in Schools, 188–189 and Kelwynn, Inc., 394 National Commission on Excellence in Education, A28 Performance Accountability System for School Administra tors (A) , A39–41 Thirteenth Man: A Reagan Cabinet Memoir (The) , A75–76 and educational research laboratories, 160 Performance Accountability System for School Administra tors (A) , 124–125 BellSouth Corporation, 344, 439 Benjamin, Harry, 40 Bennett, William, 118, 184, 236, 250 and Anita Hoge, 221 and appointment of Hillary Rodham Clinton, 452n biography of, 375–376 and character education programs, 228–229 on design team for Modern Red Schoolhouse, 323 and Educational Excellence Network, 352 Effective Schools Research, 202 and National Commission on Civic Renewal, 371 and outcome-based education, 238–239 Reach for the Stars: A Proposal for Education Reform in Georgia , 285 U.S.-Soviet Education Agreements, 230 Benzel, Brian, A70–71

Berkeley, 186, 199 Berlin, Gordon, 273 Berman, Paul, 225–226, A42–43

Bernardin, Pascal, 346 Bernays, Edward, 12 Berreth, Diane, 418 Berry, Mary F., 149

Berry, Sharon R., 367–368 Berryman, Sue E., 244–247 Bettelheim, Bruno, 21 Better Boys Foundation, 441 Better Homes and Gardens Magazine , 434 “Between Classes—What Cost, Accountability?” (Terry L. Forthum), 191–192 Beversluis, Joel, 276–277 Beyond Freedom and Dignity (B.F.Skinner), 109, 185–186,

Bonstingl, John Jay, 420 Bontempo, Robert, 447 Boorstein, Michelle, 103 Boosalis, Helen G., 176 Boring, Edwin G., A61 Bosterick, Prudence, 11 Boston Evening Transcript , 13 Boston Globe (The) , 392, 396–397, A74