Answer: NEWMATH

AnswerCrossword Clue
NEWMATHLatter-day entry in school curricula
NEWMATHFailed school curriculum that was the subject of the 1973 book "Why Johnny Can't Add"
NEWMATHTeaching method satirized in a Tom Lehrer song
NEWMATHIt was based on set theory
NEWMATHSet of teaching practices introduced in the 1960s
NEWMATHTeaching method based on set theory
NEWMATH1960s educational experiment
NEWMATH'60s elementary-school innovation
NEWMATHSchool subject since the 1950's
NEWMATHEducational innovation of the 1960's
NEWMATH1960s teaching focus
NEWMATHNumber theory and abstract algebra, e.g.
NEWMATHThird R reform
NEWMATHArith. teaching approach