JANUARY 2002 * VOLUME 83 * NUMBER 5

COVER STORY
The procedure used by the NRP was badly flawed, Joanne Yatvin - a member of the panel - charges.
364 Babes in the Woods: The Wanderings of the National Reading Panel, by Joanne Yatvin


FEATURES

SMALL SCHOOLS
"Small-school" reformers have a powerful case to make, Jean Johnson, the senior vice president of Public Agenda, says, and they need to do just that - make it.
353 Will Parents and Teachers Get on the Bandwagon to Reduce School Size?, by Jean Johnson
Significant change in public education is possible, Robert Hampel reminds us.
357 Historical Perspectives on Small Schools, by Robert L. Hampel

THE STRUGGLE FOR SCHOOL AUTONOMY
Eric Nadelstern will be at or near the front in that battle.
370 One Man's Continuing War Against Recentralization: A Long Struggle for School Autonomy, by Gil Schmerler

A SPECIAL SECTION ON EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS
The Effective Schools Process is a tried and true process of school change that can create schools in which all children make progress and are ready for study at the next grade level, these authors aver.
375 The Effective Schools Process: Alive and Well, by Barbara O. Taylor
379 Curriculum Development and Instructional Design in the Effective Schools Process, by Judith K. March and Karen H. Peters
382 The California Center for Effective Schools: The Oxnard School District Partnership, by Janet H. Chrispeels

PARTNERING
Community agencies can help schools overcome barriers to learning.
388 The 10th School Revisited: Are School/Family/Community Partnerships on the Reform Agenda Now?, by Don Davies
393 Full-Service Community Schools: Creating New Institutions, by Joy Dryfoos

SEEKING DIVERSITY
In working with students on outreach recruiting for an academic development program, the authors learned an important lesson about sameness and difference.
400 'Someone Just Like Me': When Academic Engagement Trumps Race, Class, and Gender, by Nina Hersch Gabelko and Lauren A. Sosniak

TEACHER EDUCATION
Why is it so hard to recruit tenured faculty members to supervise student teachers? Here's the surprising answer - and a proposal for change.
406 True Confessions of Student Teaching Supervisors, by Brenda Power and Constance Perry
When smaller class sizes put pressure on teacher training institutions in California, Cal State Long Beach faculty members refused to give up their focus on quality. Here's what happened next.
414 No-Fault Teacher Education, by Robert C. Maxson and Sylvia P. Maxson

DEPARTMENTS

342 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Outside the Big-School Box
343 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, The Will to Leave No Child Behind?, by Anne C. Lewis
345 STATELINE, Leadership: A Message for State Legislatures, by Kathy Christie
347 TECHNOLOGY, Antique Audio-Video in a Digital Age, by Royal Van Horn
349 IN CANADA, Going with the Flow, by Heather-jane Robertson
351 RESEARCH, The SAT Elite, by Gerald W. Bracey
417 COURTSIDE, An Unmitigated Disaster?, by Perry A. Zirkel
419 BACKTALK