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University of Georgia, 88, 193, 198, 425 University of Havana, 136 University of Illinois, 76, 149, A24

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University of London, 99 University of Maine, 431

clarification of, 132 education, school-based, 88, 258–260, 312 teaching of, 184–185 writing, use of to clarify, 222–223 Vanderbilt University, 202, 298, 377 Van Voorhees, Curtis, 85

University of Maryland (Baltimore County), 251 University of Maryland (College Park), 371, 376 University of Massachusetts, 100, 101 University of Michigan, xvi, 75, A60, A66 University of Minnesota, 311 University of North Carolina, 394–395, 418

Veatch, Jeannette, 81 Venn, Grant, 128–130 Verbal Behavior (B.F. Skinner), A57

University of Notre Dame, 141 University of Oregon, 212, 417

Verity, C. William, 176 Veterans Education, 384 Viadero, Debra, 326 Victor-Bostrom Fund, 104 “Viewing Reform Partnerships as Big Brother’s Intrusion” (Charlotte Iserbyt), 338–339 Villas, Paul, 361–362 violence, 423 plans for prevention, 410, 448, 453n in schools, 29, 275, 406 Virginia, 144, 316 Vision of the Future (A) (Mortimer Adler), 280 Visions , A47, A49 Vitality , 370 vocabulary, as indicator of intelligence, 105–106 vocational education, A77–78 “Vocational Project Lauded,” 408–409

University of Otago (New Zealand), 98 University of Pennsylvania, 223, 417 National Center on Adult Literacy, 290 University of Pittsburgh, 3, 60, 417, A12 Learning Research and Development Center, 68, 330, 382, 417, A112

University of Rochester (New York), 101 University of Texas, xx, 133, 191, 417, A112 University of Victoria (Canada), 382 University of Virginia, 254 University of Washington, 90 University of Wisconsin, 327 Center on Education and Work, 429–430 at Madison, 429–430 at Milwaukee, 437 UNUM Corporation, 344

Urban, Wayne J., 3–4 Urbanski, Adam, A112 “U.S. and Soviets to Share Insights on Computers” (Fred M. Hechinger), 230 “U.S. Announced Exchange Programs,” 419 USA Today , 398, 422–423 U.S. Coalition for Education for All: A History , 321 “USIA’s Grants Go to Schools in NAFTA Nations,” 315–316 “U.S. Plan to ‘Take Over’ Grade Schools Intimated” (John Steinbacher), 90–91 U.S.-Soviet Education Agreements, 11, 30, 53, 104, 241 activities associated with, 264n, 309 details of, 261–262 renewal of, 258 results of, 290, 419 and Robert Morris, 45–46 signing of, 229–230 U.S.-Soviet Textbook Study Project, A139 Utah, 161, 174, 201, 316 Utah Education Association, 125, A41 Utah Grant, 215–217, 218 “Utah Perspective on the National Education Goals (A)” (David E. Nelson), 316

Vogeler, Robert, 49, 50 Voinovich, George, 446 Volkman, Barbara, 339–341

VOLUNTEER, 202 Vonnegut, Kurt, 66 Vorontsov, Albert, 279 vouchers, 299, A50 Vygotsky, Lev S., 324–326, A59–63

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Wagner, Daniel, 290 Wagner, Robert F., A35, A112 Wagner, Timm, 344 Walberg, Herbert J., 169 Walbridge Caring Communities Program, 441 Walden Two (B.F. Skinner), 28, 35, 40–42, 283, A146 Walker, Charles R., 334 Wall Street Journal (The) , 298 “Acclaimed Reforms of U.S. Education Are Popular but Unproven—Ted Sizer’s Methods Stress Reasoning over Rote: Gains Aren’t Measurable—Ambiguity and Faculty Battles,” 344–345

Utah School Boards Association, 422–423 Utah State Office of Education, 316, 421