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Spring/Summer 1997 Issue
- 24 Articles
Editor's Note
, pp. 4-5
Correspondence
, pp. 6-7
Civic Sense
Dave Denison
, pp. 8-11
Inching Toward Reform
Town Meeting Monitor
, pp. 12-13
Inquiries
, pp. 14-20
State of the States
, pp. 21-23
Conversation
Silber Charm
, pp. 24-31
An Interview with the Chairman of the Board of Education
Articles
Financing Fairness
Nancy Walser
, pp. 32-41
Has the Education Reform Act Created a Race to the Middle?
Extra-Special Education
Carol Gerwin
, pp. 42-49
Why Special Ed Costs Are Soaring
Equity and Excellence
Laura Pappano
, pp. 50-57
Attending Class in Brockton and Weston
A Day in the Life of Larry Kravitz
Christopher Daly
, pp. 58-67
Sometimes an Ordinary Teacher Does an Extraordinary Job
Learning to Love the Test
Robert Keough
, pp. 68-75
How Two School Systems Are Raising Test Scores
Bringing Change to Chelsea: Boston University's Challenge
Jennifer Babson
, pp. 76-83
Fixing the Schools
Charting a New Course
Amy Alexander
, pp. 84-90
Charter Schools Are the New Schools on the Block
Getting Parents Involved
Laura Impellizzeri
, pp. 91-93
Good in Theory. Weak in Practice
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Sounding Board
, pp. 94-97
Twelve Activists and Educators talk About Change and Innovation
Resources
, pp. 98-99
Argument
John Chubb and Terry Moe
, pp. 100-102
School Choice is a Panacea
Counterpoints
There Are No Magic Bullets
Richard Murnane and Frank Levy
, p. 103
Another Look at Vouchers
Paul Peterson
, p. 104
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Review
(3 Reviews)
Dave Denison
, pp. 105-108
Failing Students
How Schools Change
by Tony Wagner
Teaching the New Basic Skills
by Richard J. Murnane and Frank Levy
Beyond the Classroom
by Laurence Steinberg
[+]
The Book Case
(2 Reviews)
George Scialabba
, pp. 109-111
Up From Progressivism
Cultural Literacy
by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
The Schools We Need
by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Two Bits
Janet McGowan
, pp. 112-114
A Few Things I Learned in School
Cover photograph
Noeru Takizawa
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