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On the Cover: P-16 EDUCATION
Not many reform efforts will have an impact as broad and deep as the current wave of P-16 initiatives now spreading across the nation. Guest editor Jonathan Plucker brings together a collection of articles in this Kappan special section on the potential effects of a vertically integrated education system. Deborah Meier and Frederick Hess offer their comments on the entire section.

P-16 Education: Where Are We Going? Where Have We Been?, by Molly Chamberlin and Jonathan Plucker

PK Inclusion: Getting Serious About a P-16 Education System, by Ruby Takanishi and Kristie Kauerz

Choice in P-16 Initiatives, by Rhonda Meyer

Implications of P-16 for Teacher Education, by Walter J. Harris, Robert A. Cobb, Anne E. Pooler, and Constance M. Perry

Changing the Education System with Calm: Computer Assisted Learning Method, by Romualdo T. Desouza, Cheryl L. McClean, and Paulette Berger

Talent Development: A 'Must' for a Promising Future, by Julia Link Roberts

Schooling for Democracy or for the Workplace?, by Deborah Meier

Making Sense of the P-16 Push, by Frederick M. Hess

FEATURES

Lina's Letters: A 9-Year-Old's Perspective on What Matters Most in the Classroom, by David Pratt

 Technology Education: A Contemporary Perspective, by Len S. Litowitz and Scott A. Warner

 Industrial Arts: Call It What You Want, the Need Still Exists, by James Howlett

Harry Potter's Provocative Moral World: Is There a Place For Good and Evil in Moral Education?, by Perry L. Glanzer

 Everyday Pedagogy: Lessons from Basketball, Track, and Dominoes, by Na'ilah Suad Nasir

THE EDITOR'S PAGE: Through a Glass Backward

WASHINGTON COMMENTARY: A New Look for the Teaching Profession, by Anne C. Lewis

STATELINE: Dat's Story: Things Have Got to Change, by Kathy Christie

  TECHNOLOGY: Consumer Electronics Show and Macworld, by Royal Van Horn

IN CANADA: Fixing Urban School Boards, by Ben Levin

RESEARCH: On the Shortage of Scientists and Engineers, by Gerald W. Bracey

COURTSIDE: Outstripping Students Again, by Perry A. Zirkel

WEB WATCH, Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Tools for First-Year Teachers, by John Collins and Marcia Nigro

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