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Raja Yoga, 157–158 Randall, Ruth, 236, A42 Rand Corporation (The), A24, A43 Random House, 156, 197 Rand School of Social Studies, 8 Rappaport, Donald, 68 Rarick, John R., 15n Raths, Louis, 21 Raven, Bertram, 67 Ravitch, Diane, 352, A128 Rayburn, Sam, 48 Re:Learning, 218, 332–333 Project of, 333–334 Rea, Stephen, 415 Reach for the Stars: A Proposal for Education Reform in Georgia (Matthew J. Glavin), 285–287, 451n Reader’s Digest (The) , 248 “Reader Rabbit” (reading program), 382 Reading Eagle/Times (The) , 310, 334 Reading Excellence Act of 1998 (H.R. 2614), 66, 95, 236, 402, 429 and direct instruction, 117, 330 passing of, by Congress, 386–388 and phonics reading programs, 311 and Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children , 416 relying on Skinnerian method to teach reading, xxvii as result of Becoming a Nation of Readers , 211–213 results of, A126-129 support from Right to Read Foundation, 182 and tutoring centers, 366 Reading/Literature Assessment (1979–1980), 177 Reading Mastery, A93–94, A151–152 Readings in Industrial Psychology , 23 “Ready, READ!” (Nicholas Lemann), 435–436 Reaffirmation of Faith in Maine’s Public Schools (Margaret Stubbs), 354–355 Reagan, Billy, 174 Reagan, Ronald, as Governor of California, 76, 200, A64 Reagan, Ronald (President), 161, 205–206 administration of, 91, 118, 237 and the “Industrial Policy Debate,” 328 and Terrell H. Bell, 124–125, A39, A41 U.S.-Soviet Education Agreements, 30, 45, 229–230, A140 wish to abolish Education Department, A76 “Reaganomics,” 205 “Real-Life School Eliminates Books,” 383 Reason Foundation, 202 “Recipe for Educational Disaster,” 448–449 “Recommendations for Delphi Discussion Groups,” 92n Recommendations on Adult Education, 196 “Red” China, 50, 149–150, 221, 398 Redenbach, Sandi, 420 Rediscovering the Mind of the Child (William E. Martin), 120 Red Star over China (Edgar Snow), 104

Reece, Carroll, 47 Reece Committee, 46–48, 232, 239 Reed, Jack, 415–416 Rees, Nina Shikraii, 428–429 Reeves, Douglas, 420 “Regulated Competition in the United States,” 183 Rehabilitation Commission, 384 Reid, Ethna, 80–81, 117, 228 and Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction (ECRI), A91, A152 meeting with President Reagan, A156 and Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children , 416 Reid, Kathleen, 80 Reid, Shauna, 80 Reiff, Judith, 426 “Reign of Terror—Impressions of KERA” (Eddie Price), 320–321 Reinventing the Future: Global Goals for the 21st Century (Rush worth Kidder), 251–252 Reischauer, Edwin O., 83 Reisen, M.S., 104 Reisman, George, 274 Reisman, Judith, 39, 53n Relations of Denominations to Colleges (Henry S. Pritchett), 8 religion, 2, 229 Religion and Education Partnership, 438 “Religion for a New Age (A)” (John Dunphy), 192–193 Religion, Values, and Peak Experiences (Abraham Maslow), 229 Religious Heritage of America, Inc., 419 Religious Right, 354 Rennie, John C., 344 Reno, Janet, 410, 434 Rensi, Ed, 344 “Reorganization of Government according to the Malcolm Baldridge Award Criteria,” 92n Report from the State Committee on Public Education to the California State Board of Education—Citizens for the 21st Century—Long-Range Considerations for California Elementary and Secondary Education (John Goodlad), 88–89 Report of the Study, Title III, ESEA (Emory Stoof), 96 “Report on the Work toward National Standards, Assessments and Certificates” (Diana M. Fessler), 369–370 Report to the President’s Commission on School Finance, Issue #9 ,”Strategies for Change,” 207 Report to the President’s Commission on School Finance (School for the Future: Toward Quality and Equality in American Precollegiate Education) , 106–107 Repository for Germinal Choice, 35–36 Republicans, 162, 205

Republic of Finland, 147 Republic of Greece, 147