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TABLE OF CONTENTS: MAY 2006• Volume 87 • Number 9

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ON THE COVER
Michael Manafo believes that "a good idea is a good idea" whatever its source. Here he shares with Kappan readers some good ideas from his experience in the highly competitive world of private schooling that can be applied to the world of publicly supported education.

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FEATURES
Enhancing the Value of Public Education: Lessons from the Private Sector, by Michael J. Manafo
 
Themes That Serve Schools Well, by Mary Anne Raywid
 
'As Though They Owned the Place': Small Schools as Membership Communities, by Deborah Meier
 
Writing: A Necessary Tool, by Gene A. Budig
 
Are Students Ready for College? What Student Engagement Data Say, by Martha McCarthy and George D. Kuh
 
Making High School Grades Meaningful, by Thomas R. Guskey
 
Reworking Industrial Models, Exploring Contemporary Ideas, and Fostering Teacher Leadership, by Christopher Steel and Elizabeth Craig
 
The Teachers as Researchers Academy: Building Community, Expertise, and a Knowledge Base for Teaching, by C. Steven Bingham, Sammy Parker, Pamela Finney, Jack Riley, and Janet Rakes
 
Educational Leadership: Failure to Use Our Imagination, by Carl Glickman
 
What the Experts Cannot Consider: The Power of Perseverance, by Kathy Brashears
 
The National Reading Curriculum's Oobleck, by James W. Venable
 
What Is Metacognition?, by Michael E. Martinez
 
The 'Last Mile' in Standards-Based Reform: Conducting a Match Study Linking Teacher-Certification Tests to Student Standards, by Edward J. Murphy
An Adventure in Problem-Based Learning, by Susan J. Kostelny DeRoche
 
DEPARTMENTS
 
THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Connecting the Dots
 
WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Clean Up the Test Mess, by Anne C. Lewis
 
STATELINE, Watching for Evolutionary Patterns, by Kathy Christie
 
TECHNOLOGY, The Technology Penalty, by Royal Van Horn
 
CENTENNIAL REFLECTIONS, A Conservationist Ethic in Education?, by David Tyack
RESEARCH, Is Literacy Lagging?, by Gerald W. Bracey
 
IN CANADA, Dropouts or Leftouts? School Leavers in Canada, by Heather-jane Robertson
 
COURTSIDE, Pondering Ponderousness, by Perry A. Zirkel
 
WEB WATCH, Are We There Yet? Virtually!, by Brad Gubala and Kelly Acer
 

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