MAY 2008
* The Role of History in the Social Studies
* Preparing the Young for Their Roles in Society
JUNE 2008
*Albert Shanker and the Future of Teacher Unions
* A Conversation About Teach for America
SEPTEMBER 2008
* PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
OCTOBER 2008
* A Report on the Condition of Education
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MAY 2008Closing 3/17/08
The Proper Role of History in the Social Studies
The overwhelming majority of secondary social studies courses today are built on a foundation of history. However, social studies teacher Kevin St. Jarre argues in "Reinventing the Social Studies" that history is no more or less important than the other disciplines that make up the social studies. If we are serious about preparing our students to participate in a global economy and culture, then gone are the days of hiring a band of historians to teach social studies. Even small faculties must develop individuals who will in essence take on the mantles of economist, political scientist, and social scientist, in addition to historian. Bob Bain, who recently left his high school classroom for the University of Michigan, and Jesus Garcia of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, reply. Mr. St. Jarre offers his rejoinder.
Intelligence, Knowledge, and the Hand-Brain Divide
Mike Rose, author of Lives on the Boundary, The Mind at Work, and other books examines American's view of work, the workplace, and education's role in preparing young people to take their place in adult society. Along the way he touches on such topics as the history of vocational/technical education and class bias in the U.S.
Diagnosing School Decline
Dan Duke of the University of Virginia asks and answers the question: What do we know about schools that are on the downward slide? Researchers know a great deal about school improvement, but they know almost nothing about what causes a school to being its downward slide and how to help prevent it.
JUNE 2008 Closing 4/15/08
Albert Shanker and the Future of Teacher Unions
Richard Kahlenberg, who recently published a biography of Albert Shanker, looks at teacher unions past and future.
A Conversation About Teach for America
Everyone knows that the quality of the teacher is one of the most important factors in a child's education, so preparing teachers well is extremely important. Numerous alternative systems for preparing teachers have cropped up in the past two decades. In this exchange of views, Megan Hopkins, a doctoral candidate at UCLA and a Teach For America alumna, shares her take on the preparation and support she received and offers recommendations for making the TFA program better. Education professors Linda Darling-Hammond and Doug Lynch and his colleagues offer distinctly different replies to Hopkins' proposal. And Wendy Kopp weighs in with brief remarks from TFA itself.
SEPTEMBER 2008 Closing 7/15/08
The 40th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
One of the most highly respected and widely reported polls in education gives the public a chance to grade the public schools, offer opinions on controversial topics, and respond to current educational trends. The results are sometimes surprising, but they have been uniformly supportive of local public schools.
OCTOBER Closing 8/15/08
The Condition of Education
Gerald W. Bracey examines the myths and the media misrepresentations that continue to plague public education.
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