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International Conciliation , 36, 42 International Conference for Parent/Citizen Involvement in Schools, 188 International Congress for Effective Schools, 243–244, 264n “International Congress for Effective Schools Draws Partici pants from 13 Nations to London,” 243–244 “International Dimension of Education: Background Paper II Prepared for the World Conference on Education” (Leonard S. Kenworthy), 96–97, 397 International Reading Association, 270, 290 International Renaissance Foundation, 419 International Research and Exchanges Board for Scholars, 419 International School Improvement Project (ISIP), 191 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED COM.75/WS/27), 138–139 International Standards of Operation (ISO) (UNESCO), xxi International Standards Organization (ISO), 411 International Understanding (John Eugene Harley), 17–18 Interpreter (The) , 353 “Investigation of the Social Studies in the Schools,” 23 Iowa Department of Education, 241, 253, 275 Iowa Global Education Curriculum, A170–173 Iserbyt, Charlotte, xxv–xxviii, 219, 232 Back to Basics Reform Or...OBE Skinnerian International Curriculum , 264n, 455, A76 memos on Direct Instruction, A90–96 National Educational Goals Panel Community Action Tool kit , Alert on, A65–71 and “Observing the Birth of the Hatch Amendment Regula tions,” 220–221 and Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), xv, 250 Soviets in the Classroom: America’s Latest Education Fad , 46, 261–262, A136–142 “Status of Internationalization of Education,” A126–131 “Truth about How We All Have Been Had (The),” A150–156 “Viewing Reform Partnerships as Big Brother’s Intrusion,” 338–339 ISO 9000, 398–399, A129 “Issue #9—Educational Innovation: What changes in purposes, procedures or institutional arrangements are needed to improve the quality of American elementary and secondary education?”, 106–107 “Issue for Designing A System of Skill Standards and Certifica tion for the American Workforce: On What Basis Should Occupation/Skill/Industry Cluster Be Organized?” International Executive Service Corps, 202 International Learning Cooperative, 261 International Loan Agreement, 400, A31 International Monetary Fund, 112, 391 “Investing in Better Schools” (Ralph Tyler), 83 Involuntary Attention-Orienting Reflex, 248 Iovino, Jean, 366

(Robert W. Glover), 329 It Takes a Village to Raise a Child (Hillary Rodham Clinton), 85

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Jackson, Jesse, 351 Jacob, Brad, 438 Jacobs, Heidi, 344 Jacoby, Jeff, 392–393 Jacques, Michael, 353 Jaffras, Jason, A46 James, William, 4 Janne, Henri, 141–142 Javers, Ron, A146 Javits, Jacob, 152–153 JDR 3rd Fund, 152 Jefferson, Thomas, 369 Jeffords, Jim, 415–416 Jenkins, Ed, 248

Jennings, John F., 268 Jeremiah Project, 375 J.M. Smucker Company, 252 Job Corps, A77, A79 Job Corps Curriculum System, 197 Jobs for the Future, 327 JOBS Program, A109

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) , 288, A134 John and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, 377 John Birch Society, A64 “John Dewey Society (The),” 169 John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs, 140 John M. Olin Foundation, 176, 377, 385 Johns Hopkins University, 377, A82 Johnson, Chalmers, 205

Johnson, D.W., 239 Johnson, Dan, 400 Johnson, Henry, 24 Johnson, Joseph E., 47

Johnson, Lyndon (President), 55, 56, 73, 110 expansion of federal aid to education, 358 “War on Poverty,” 75 Johnson, R.T., 239

Johnson Foundation, 251 Johnston, Robert C., 345

Joint Committee on Education and Evaluation, 76 Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), 123–124 Jolly, Elton, 177 Jomtien Conference, 321 Jones, Beau Fly, 309

Jones, David, 333 Jones, Elsie, 304 Jones, Gordon S., 350