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and “Education & Community Services: Emerging Issues,” 423–424 “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Further Implement Section 439 of the General Education Provisions Act (Hatch Amendment),” 203–204 Nouja, Victor, 290–291 Novak, Michael, 377 November, Alan, 420 Novotney, Jerrold M., 119 Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 241 Now Is the Dawning of the New Age World Order (Dennis Cuddy), 298 “NSBA. Endorses All Alternatives to Traditional School Gov ernance,” 326 NTL Newsletter , 39 Nunn, Sam, 376 Nunnary, John, 416 O’Neal, Sharon, 191 O’Sullivan, John, 360 O*Net, 412 OBE/ML/DI, 88, 183, 287 “Observing the Birth of the Hatch Amendment Regulations” (Bert Greene, Marvin Pasch), 220 Odessa Post , 419 Oettinger, Anthony, 183, 330, A155 Office of Air Research and Development of U.S. Air Force, A7 Office of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 151, 171, 191 Office of Education (U.S.), 154, A7, A39 Bureau of Research, 114 funding of projects/organizations, 120, 128, 213 Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), 134–135 and Leon Lessinger, 127 and Terrell H. Bell, 133 Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), 63, 211, 330, A81 and Bruno V. Manno, 377 and Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), 151, 191 and Charlotte Iserbyt, xv, 250 and Chester Finn, 117–119, 278 and Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, 394 funding of projects/organizations, 202 and Malcolm Davis, 179 and Reading Excellence Act , 387 Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI): An Overview , 169–170 Office of Libraries and Learning Technology, 179–180 Office of Special Education Programs (U.S.), A93 O

Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 38, 47, 143 Office of the General Counsel, 221 Office of Vocational and Adult Education, 272 Ohio, 446–447 Ohio Department of Education, 364–366 Ohio State Board of Education, 369–370, 373, 403 Ohio State School Board, 233–234 Ohio State University, 141 Old Dominion University, 164 Old Testament, 22 Olsen, Clarence R., 85

Olson, Jeff, 349 Olson, Judy, 249 Olson, Lynn, 235–236, 323 Olson, Richard K., 417 Omaha 2000, A68 Omicinski, John, 341–342 Omnibus Budget Bill for 1999 , A150 One-World Government, 80, 226, 248–249, A6 On Principle , 140 on-the-job training, A99, A106–108 Open Classroom (Follow Through Model), 181–182 “Open Letter to Governor Voinovich and Members of the General Assembly (An),” 364–366 Open Society Foundation, 395 Operant Behavior Modification Project, 109

operant conditioning, 2, 48, 115, 132 and B.F. Skinner, 199, 238–239, 295 definition of, 186 and Ivan Pavlov, 160 school use of, 407 techniques of, 80–81 theory of, 115 Oppenheimer, Todd, 381–383 Opportunities Industrialization Centers, 177

OR/ED Laboratories, 409 Oregon, 29, 133, 413, A112 lawsuit challenging education reforms, 369 Oregon Education Act for the Twenty-First Century , 337, 369 Oregonian (The) , 336–338, 343–344 Oregon State Board of Education, 134–144 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Center for Educational Research and Innovation, 35, 191 Organization of American States, 63 Organized Crime Control Act , 35 Orr, James F., 344

Orton, Samuel, A57 Orwell, George, 28 Osborne, Ruth F., 98

Ostrander, Nancy, 156–158, 426–427 Ostrander, Sheila, 156–158, 426–427 “Our Children: The Drones” (Ann Herzer), A143–149 “Our English Syllabus” (C.S. Lewis), 158n Outcome-Based Education (OBE), 119