MARCH 2004 * Volume 85 * Number 7
Cover Art: ©Ivan Sanford HOW TO FIND THESE ARTICLES ONLINE DEPARTMENTS 482 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, No Time for Thinking 483 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Schools That Engage Children, by Anne C. Lewis 485 STATELINE, The State/Federal Cogs of Change, by Kathy Christie 487 TECHNOLOGY, Technology and Common Sense, by Royal Van Horn 554 IN CANADA, J-School Journal, by Heather-jane Robertson 556 RESEARCH, The Trouble with Research, Part 1, by Gerald W. Bracey 558 COURTSIDE, Lesson Lost?, by Perry A. Zirkel 560 BACKTALK	ON THE COVER DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING Many ideas that are of central interest to the lives of students have been deemed too dangerous and controversial even for older students to deal with in our schools. Ms. Noddings and Mr. Winn argue that, in fact, school is the very place to mine such a rich vein of student interest. 488 War, Critical Thinking, and Self-Understanding, by Nel Noddings 496 The High Cost of Uncritical Teaching, by Ira J. Winn FEATURES PROMOTING STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY In a two-part article, Mr. Marshall describes how he came to develop a system to promote responsible behavior among students, and Ms. Weisner shares her experience using that system with her elementary students. 498 Using a Discipline System to Promote Learning, by Marvin Marshall and Kerry Weisner CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY Our procedures for evaluating the success of charter schools have been characterized more by good intentions than by realistic appraisals. Mr. Hess argues for taking account of the political nature of the entire process of holding our charter schools accountable. 508 The Political Challenge of Charter School Regulation, by Frederick M. Hess PAIDEIA COACHED PROJECT Teachers say that the most frustrating aspect of dealing with students is "lack of motivation for learning." The authors describe the Paideia Coached Project, an approach that more and more schools are adopting in an effort to combat this pervasive problem. 513 Performing for Yourself and Others: The Paideia Coached Project, by Terry Roberts and Audrey Trainor LESSON STUDY AND TEACHERS' CRAFT KNOWLEDGE Ms. Chokshi and Ms. Fernandez follow up on their October 2002 article on lesson study, while Ms. Burney argues that teachers need to share the knowledge of their craft and offers some hopeful signs that they are beginning to do so. 520 Challenges to Importing Japanese Lesson Study: Concerns, Misconceptions, and Nuances, by Sonal Chokshi and Clea Fernandez 526 Craft Knowledge: The Road to Transforming Schools, by Deanna Burney BEING INFORMED ABOUT RESEARCH 532 Being an Informed Consumer of Quantitative Educational Research, by Olatokunbo S. Fashola A SCHOOL LEADERSHIP NETWORK 539 Learning from Leadership Work: Maine Pioneers a School Leadership Network, by Gordon A. Donaldson, Jr., Linda M. Bowe, Sally V. Mackenzie, and George F. Marnik PREVENTING PLAGIARISM 545 A Tale of Plagiarism and a New Paradigm, by Michael P. Freedman 549 Plagiarism-Proofing Assignments, by Doug Johnson

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