Deliberate Dumbing Down of America Public Education

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Miller, George, A57–58 Miller, Loye, 250 Miller, Thomas H., 61, A12 Mills, Richard P., A112 Milwaukee Sentinel Journal (The) , 437 Ministry of Russia, 312–313 Minneapolis Star Tribune , 422 Minnesota, 131–132 Minnesota’s Graduation Rule, 422 Minnesota Business Partnership, 225–226

“Conclave of the Change Agents,” 144 Great American Con Game (The) , 149–150 Tuition Tax Credits: A Responsible Appraisal , 184 Morris, Lynn Lyons, 213 Morris, Robert, 45–46 Morrison, Linda, 370–371 Mort, Paul, 22–23, 444, A5 Moseley, Stephen F., 290 Motorola, Inc., 327 Mott Foundation (Charles Stewart), 152, 176, 253, 264n Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 118–119, A75 MSDE Bulletin , 347–348 Muller, Hermann J., 35 Muller, Robert, 9, 25, 260 and World Core Curriculum, 54n, 283 Mullins, James, 408 Mulshine, Paul, 427–428, 430–431 “Multiculturalism Is a Worthy Goal, but America Still Needs Americans” (John Omicinski), 341–342 multi-cultural programs, 287 “Multiple Choice Review of Education—Profiles of Learning Takes Central Stage at Gubernatorial Debate on Educa tion—Large Protest at Capitol Targets the State’s Newest Graduation Standards,” 422 Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 253 music therapy, 157–158 Muskie, Edmund, 358 Mussolini, Benito, 9 “Myth of Competitive World-Class Education,” 276 “Myth of Federal Aid to Education without Control,” 56, 62 Myths of Japanese Quality (The) (Ray and Cindelyn Eberts), A135 Naisbitt Group, 194 Naisbitt, John, 194, 272, 452n “Napa Evaluation of Madeline Hunter’s ITIP: Lessons Learned” (Robert Slavin), 224–225 Narrative Report of Project Funded under Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act: OPERATION PEP, a Statewide Project to Prepare Educational Planners for California , 83–84 Nathan, Joe, 300 Nation’s Schools Report , 154–155 National Academy of Education (Harvard Graduate School of Education), 231 Commission on Education and Public Policy, 211 National Academy of Sciences, 416–417, A140 National Alliance for Restructuring Education, 269 “National Alliance for Restructuring Education: Schools and Systems for the 21st Century,” 269, A52–56 National Alliance of Business, 268, 269, 273, 328, 333 N

Minnesota Daily (The) , 422 Minnesota Plan, 225–226 Minzey, Jack D., 85 Mission of the Office of Education (1960s), 63 Mission, Texas, and ECRI, 212 Missouri School Boards Association, 234 Mitchell, Barbara, 223 Mobilization for Youth, 197 Model Core Curriculum Outcomes in Reading, 324–326 “Model Program Links Classroom to Workplace” (Courtenay Thompson), 337 model school, 251 “Model School for the 21st Century,” 41 Model School News , 260 Model Schools Conference (Sixth Annual), 406, 451n Models of Instructional Organization: A Casebook on Mas tery Learning and Outcomes-Based Education (Robert Burns), 216, 264n “Models of Teacher Repertoire Training” (Bruce Joyce), 114 Models of Teaching (Bruce Joyce, Marsha Weil), 114, 208, 228 “Modern Red Schoolhouse,” 323, 435, A24 charter school of, A156 Mondale, Walter, 376 Monitoring Environmental Progress: A Report on Work in Progress , A51 Monroe Evening News (The) (Michigan), 95 Monson, Thomas S., 176 Montessori, Maria, 8–9, 99 Montessori International, 9 Montessori Method, 9 Montgomery Council Journal (The) (Maryland), 242–243 Montgomery County, Maryland, xvi, 208, 444, 448 Moore, Frank J., 99 Moore, Opal, 107 moral/citizenship education (MCE), 144 Moral Development Approach Curriculum , “Ethical Issues in Decision Making,” 130–131

moral relativism, xii Moran, Ellen, A92–93 Moreno, Jacob, 208 Morgan, Robert M., A27, A29–30

Mormon Church, 176 Morphonios, Ellen, 82 Morris, Barbara M., A146