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Innovating America







CONTENTS

FOREWORD FRANKLIN A. THOMAS 4
PREFACE WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN 6
CHAPTER 1 INNOVATION: MAKING NEW 8
CHAPTER 2 BORN TO LEARN IN MISSOURI
State of Missouri		 16
CHAPTER 3 SANDRA HALE'S EXPOSE
State of Minnesota		 28
CHAPTER 4 INNOVATION BY THE NUMBERS
County of St. Louis, Missouri		 40
CHAPTER 5 SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN
State of Illinois		 50
CHAPTER 6 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT AND
JIUJITSU IN GEORGIA
State of Georgia		 62
CHAPTER 7 CURES FOR COLORBLINDNESS
Shaker Heights, Ohio		 72
CHAPTER 8 WASTE-WATER WARS
Arcata, California		 88
CHAPTER 9 CHARITY ENDS AT HOME
Leslie Public Schools, Ingham County, Michigan		 102
CHAPTER 10 ON INNOVATION 116
APPENDIX I AWARD RECIPIENTS
1986–88		 122
APPENDIX II NATIONAL COMMITTEES
1986–88 and 1989–92		 129