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SAFE Learning Systems, 92n, A27 Salamon, Lester M., 287–288, 377, A46 “Salem-Keizer Test Scores Fall,” 400

“Schoolroom Shuffle: Trailing in Education for Years, Kentucky Tries Radical Reforms—Grades 1 through 3 Become One Class with No Texts, Desks, or Report Cards—Some Par ents, Principals Balk” (Suzanne Alexander), 304–305 schools charter, 290, 336, 352, 362–363 climate of, 199 essential, 344–345 families in, 345 inner city, 362–363 magnet, 155, 317, 448 model, 251 as social rather than individualist, 6 state takeover of, 298 “Schools: Into the Future,” 336–338 “Schools Can Offer Health Services,” 154–155 “School Site Management” (Lawrence C. Pierce), 136–137 “Schools Learn Lessons in Efficiency from Business,” 398–399 “Schools of the Future,” 263 “Schools to Try New Program,” 111 “School System of the Future” (Paul Brandwein), 78 School-to-Career. See school-to-work School-to-Career Academy Conference, 413–414 school-to-work, 286, 301, 448 criticisms of, 370 Diana M. Fessler’s opposition to, 403–405 “Governor with Principles Would Reject School-to-Work,” 430 improving ease of transition into work, 425 “Leading Business Executives Create Council to Promote S-T-W Programs,” 344 in magnet/charter schools, 317 in Maine, 271–272, 355 and National Institute on Career Majors, 424–425 polytech system, 94, 272, 317 programs with, 338 and Russia, 251, 345–346 “School-to-Work Academy: A ‘Model’ for Chaos,” 412–413 suggestions for implementing, 245–247, 266–268, 406 in Texas, 383–385 and Together We Can , 443 in Wisconsin, 437 “School-to-Work Academy: A ‘Model’ for Chaos” (Christine Burns), 412–413 School-to-Work Career Inventory and Assessments, 414 “School-to-Work Gets Poor Grade in Study” (Mark Shrug, Richard Western), 437 School-to-Work Opportunities Act , 304, 428, A74, A126 history of, 357–359 and Learning for Life, 389–390 in Oregon, 336–338 passing of, by Congress, 317 School-to-Work Revolution (The) (Lynn Olson), 271–272

Salser, Carl W., 98 Salte, Andrew, 49

Sandberg, John H., 153–154 San Diego City Schools, 440 Sanford, Terry, 73 Santa Ana Unified School District, 433–434 Santer, Jacques, 359–361 Savannah-Chatham County Youth Futures Authority, 441 Save the Children International, 416

Sawhill, Isabel, A46 Sayare, Mitchell, 344 Sayer, George Jack, 158n Sayre, Wallace, 59 Scanlon, Robert G., 68, 100, 127 Schaeffer, Francis, xxvi, 123, 185–186, A130

Schafer, William Donald, 242–243 Schlafly, Phyllis, 124, 158n, A131 Schlesinger, Arthur Jr., 13 Schmidt, Benno C., 297–298 Schmitt, Bernadotte, 12 Schmitt, Clara, A62 Schmitt, Marshall L., 57 Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT), 216, 364 School’s Out: A Radical New Formula for the Revitalization of America’s Educational System (Lewis J. Perelman), 139, 179, 303, A49 School Bell , 145–146 school board members (elected), role of, 165, 364–366 school choice, xxvii, 458. See also vouchers in Hong Kong, 380 increasing amount of, 374–375 School Climate Profile , 199 School Counselor (The) , 145, 203 “School Effectiveness and Implications for Secondary School Improvement” (Alan Cohen), 173 School Effectiveness Training Network (SET/Net), 238–239 “School Exams Likely to Have Russian Origin,” 334 “School Improvement,” 173 Schooling and Technology, Vol. 3, Planning for the Future: A Collaborative Model, An Interpretive Report on Creative Partnerships in Technology—An Open Forum (Dustin H. Heuston), 213 Schooling for a Global Age (James Becker), 151, 162 Schooling in the United States (John Goodlad, M. Frances Klein, Jerrold M. Novotney), 119–120 School-Linked Integrated Services Study Group, 440 School of Darkness: The Record of a Life and of a Conflict between Two Faiths (Bella V. Dodd), 53n “School Officials Upset by New State Plan,” 234 School of the Future of El Centro Familiar Office of the Family Service Center (Houston, Texas), 441 “School Plan Skips over the Basics”, 361–362