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| TABLE OF CONTENTS: OCTOBER 2005 • Volume 87• Number 2 |
ON THE COVER
VIDEO GAMES AND THE FUTURE OF LEARNING: Computer-based technologies have changed the world, the authors argue, and they are changing the way we learn as well. Just look at video games.
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| David Williamson Shaffer, Kurt R. Squire, Richard Halverson, and James P. Gee |
Video Games and the Future of Learning |
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FEATURES |
William J. Gallagher
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The Contradictory Nature of Professional Teaching Standards: Adjusting for Common Misunderstandings |
| Paul Theobald |
Urban and Rural Schools: Overcoming Lingering Obstacles |
| Diane M. Truscott and Stephen D. Truscott |
Differing Circumstances, Shared Challenges: Finding Common Ground Between Urban and Rural Schools |
| Frederick M. Hess |
Inside the Gift Horse’s Mouth: Philanthropy and School Reform |
| Gerald W. Bracey |
The 15th Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education |
| Dorothy Rich |
What Educators Need to Explain to the Public |
| Todd A. DeMitchell and John J. Carney |
Harry Potter and the Public School Library |
| Perry Glanzer |
Moving Beyond Censorship: What Will Educators Do If a Controversy over His Dark Materials Erupts? |
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DEPARTMENTS |
| Bruce M. Smith |
THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Interesting Times |
| Anne C. Lewis |
WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Diversionary Tactics |
| Kathy Christie |
STATELINE, Helping Students Now and in the Future |
| Royal Van Horn |
TECHNOLOGY, Online Children's Books |
| Bobby Ann Starnes |
THOUGHTS ON TEACHING , On Early Morning Security Checks, Renewed Optimism, and 'Lou Dobbs Tonight' |
| Perry A. Zirkel |
COURTSIDE, Testing Protocol |
| Kevin Buchholtz and Matthew Helming |
WEB WATCH, Making History Come Alive Through Technology |
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BACKTALK |
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