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TABLE OF CONTENTS: JANUARY 2008• Volume 89 • Number 5



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Featured Podcast
(Coming in late January):
An Interview with Richard Neumann. E-mail your questions by January 15th to eyoung@pdkintl.org


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On the Cover: EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY
According to John Dewey, schools are the fundamental means for social improvement. The authors of these three articles remind readers that, to fulfill that role properly, schools and the people in them must enjoy freedom and self-determination.

American Democracy at Risk, by Richard Neumann

Democracy and Education: Empowering Students to Make Sense of Their World, by William H. Garrison

Democratic Policy Making and the Arts of Engagement, by Chris W. Gallagher


FEATURES

Focus on Global Education: A Report from the 2007 PDK Summit, by Erin Young
 

The Politics of Knowledge, by Frederick M. Hess

 
The Evolving Relationship Between Researchers and Public Policy, by Jeffrey R. Henig
 
 Examining the Incentives in Educational Research, by Dominic J. Brewer and Dan D. Goldhaber
 
 Flying (Partially) Blind: School Leaders' Use of Research in Decision Making, by Lance D. Fusarelli
 
A Researcher Encounters the Policy Realm: A Personal Tale, by Richard M. Ingersoll
 
Research and the Reading Wars, by James S. Kim
 
The Translators: The Media and School Choice Research, by Andrew J. Rotherham
 
The Heralded Rise and Neglected Fall of the Massachusetts Signing Bonus, by R. Clarke Fowler
 

 Shakespeare's Improbable Journey to Inner Mongolia, by Richard Isenberg
 

What Do Students Think About Inclusion?, by Maury Miller
 
DEPARTMENTS
 
THE EDITOR'S PAGE, A Lot of Talk
 
WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, A New Slant on 'Military Schools,' by Anne C. Lewis
 
STATELINE, Wrap-Up: An Exponential Payoff, by Kathy Christie
 
TECHNOLOGY, Meet the Archos 605, by Royal Van Horn
 
  IN CANADA, How Much Diversity in Our Schools?, by Ben Levin
 
RESEARCH, Public Versus Private . . . Again, by Gerald W. Bracey
 
COURTSIDE, Discriminating Decision?, by Perry A. Zirkel
 
WEB WATCH, Math Class and the Real World, by David Fink and Chris Stock
 
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