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adult, A101–102 as builder of “New World,” 18 choice in, 458

Educational Resource Information Center (ERIC), 126, 207 Educational Testing Service (ETS), 177, 238, A18, A47 and Carnegie Corporation, 91, 210 founding of, 38 Education Amendments of 1976 , 170 Education and the Cult of Efficiency , 354 “Education and the Economy: A Diagnostic Review and Implications for the Federal Role” (Sue E. Berryman), 244–247 Education Commission of the States (ECS), 56, 73, 186, 218, 333 “A Road Map for Restructuring Schools,” 270–271 history of, 209–210 Education Commission Report Number 7 , 378–380 Education Committee of the Council of Foreign Relations, 46 Education Daily , 79–80, 234, 241 “Group Asks Education Department to Stop Funding ‘Mind Control’ Curricula, End Soviet Exchanges,” 249–250 “Sweeping Overhaul of Minnesota Education System Pro posed,” 225–226 “Teachers Influence Student’s Values through Writing Assignments,” 223 Education Development Center, 290, 451n Education Digest (The) , 194 Education Excellence Network, 278, A128 Education for All (EFA), 376 Education for All American Youth , 20 Education for All Handicapped Children Act , 155 Education for a New World (Maria Montessori), 9 Education for Destruction (B.R. Burchett), 30–31 Education for Results: In Response to A Nation at Risk, Vol. 1: Guaranteeing Effective Performance by Our Schools (Robert E. Corrigan, Betty O. Corrigan), 91, 193, A27–31 Education from the Acquisition of Knowledge to Programmed Conditioned Response , 126 “Education in a Relaxed Atmosphere: Brain-Based Method— Teaching Trend Emphasizing Creativity, Flexibility and Informality Growing in Area Schools” (Delbert Ellerton), 425–427 “Education in the Future: 21st Century Schools Will Offer Learning for All Citizens” (Kent Tempus), 253 Education in the New Age (Alice Bailey), 51, 283 Education Reform Act (1993), 392–393 education reform movement. See effective schools Education Reporter (The) , 412–413, A150 Education Service Council, 53n “Education, Technology, and Individual Privacy” (Lawrence P. Grayson), 137–138 Education Update (ASCD), 202 “Interest in Character Education Seen Growing,” 311–312 “Message from the Executive Director: South Africa Tackles Ambitious Curriculum Reform Effort,” 399–400 “Promising Theories Die Young,” 223–225 “Tactics for Thinking Attacked in Washington, Indiana,”

crisis of, xi, 162 definition of, 1 federal control of, 53, 56–57 goals/purposes of, 160, 163, 171 holistic, 281 humanizing, A40–41 in Korea, A29–31 state determined, 20–21 for sustainability, 313 “true,” 322–323 vocational, 408–409 Education: From the Acquisition of Knowledge to Programmed, Conditioned Responses (Robert H. Burke), 97–98 “Education, Religious Groups, Seek Common Ground,” 342–343 “Education: The New Transatlantic Agenda,” 411–412 “Education: Why the ‘Dumbing Down’ in the Schools?” (Henry Hyde), 370 “Education 90: A Framework for the Future,” 275 Education 2000: A Holistic Perspective , 281–284 “Educational and Cultural Programs, Exchanges and Interna tional Visitors,” 231 “Educational Choice—The Education Voucher, Tax Credits, and the Nonpublic Schools” (Virginia Birt Baker), 288–289 Educational Cultures, 312–313 Educational Goals: Studies and Surveys in Comparative Educa tion , 162–164 “Educational Implications of NAFTA (The),” 321 Educational Improvement Centers (EICs), 126 Educational Innovation Advisory Commission, 96 Educational Inquiry, Incorporated, 106 Educational Leadership (Association for Supervision and Cur riculum Development), 204 “Can Computers Teach Values?”, 184–185 “Mastery Learning: The Current State of the Craft,” 118, 155 “New Views of the Learner: Implications for Instruction and Curriculum,” 148 “Observing the Birth of the Hatch Amendment Regula tions,” 220 “The Language of OBE Reveals Its Limitations,” 354 “To OBE or Not to OBE?”, 322 Educational News International, 390 Educational Policies Commission (EPC), 19 Educational Programs That Work , 124

Educational Psychology (Edward Lee Thorndike), 5 Educational Quality Assessment (EQA), 250, A21 Educational Reports Series , 296, 430 Educational Research Associates, 98 Educational Research Council of America, 377 Educational Researcher , 134–144