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TABLE OF CONTENTS: SEPTEMBER 2006• Volume 88• Number 1


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Education claims to be a field grounded in research. Yet examples abound of practices that research has shown to be unproductive, if not counterproductive. In most cases, Mr. Kohn argues, homework is one such practice.

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FEATURES
Abusing Research: The Study of Homework and Other Examples, by Alfie Kohn
 
Cyber Charter Schools: Can Accountability Keep Pace with Innovation?, by Luis A. Huerta, Chad d'Entremont, and María-Fernanda González
 
Virtually Successful: Defeating the Dropout Problem Through Online School Programs, by M. D. Roblyer
 
Alcohol and Drugs in Schools: Teachers' Reactions to the Problem, by Kristin V. Finn and H. Jeanette Willert
 
The 38th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, by Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup
 
What Makes a Good School? Identifying Excellent Middle Schools, by Joan Lipsitz and Teri West
 
Barking Up the Right Tree, by Paul D. Houston
 
Why Are Schools Always Begging for Money?, by Robert B. Everhart
 
Getting Personal About Teaching, by Carolyn Bunting
 
Taking Hope Out of Teaching, by Dara Wakefield
 
E-mail: Boon or Bane for School Leaders?, by Matt Glendinning
 
 
DEPARTMENTS
 
GUEST EDITORIAL, Myth, Reality, and Failed Leadership
 
WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, We Think We Can . . . , by Anne C. Lewis
 
STATELINE, States Prepare Students and Families for College, by Jennifer Dounay
 
TECHNOLOGY, The Perfect Computer and Web Browser Updates, by Royal Van Horn
 
CENTENNIAL REFLECTIONS, 100 Years of School Law, by Perry A. Zirkel
 
IN CANADA, The New, Improved Water Cycle, by Heather-jane Robertson
 
RESEARCH, The High-Skills Hoax, by Gerald W. Bracey
 
 

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