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DEPARTMENTS
338 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, No Child Left Behind: Promise or Rhetoric?
339 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, New Hope for Educational Research?, by Anne C. Lewis
261 STATELINE, Even Students Are What They Eat, by Kathy Christie
343 TECHNOLOGY, Internet-Savvy Students, by Royal Van Horn
408 PULSE OF THE PUBLIC,
Urban Dwellers on Urban Schools, by Lowell C. Rose and Alec
M. Gallup
410 RESEARCH, Tips for Readers of Research: Numbers Versus Percentages, by Gerald W. Bracey
412 COURTSIDE, Gay Days, by Perry A. Zirkel
414 IN CANADA, Recycled
Promises, by Heather-jane Robertson
JANUARY 2003 * Volume 84 * Number 5
ON THE COVER
Mr. Ackerman
identifies a "double-barreled set of foundational principles"
- two tablets of five commandments each - that could lead to
a truce in the continuing "wars" that plague education
in America.
FEATURES
SCHOOL CHOICE IN MINNESOTA
Minnesota has
more experience with a wider variety of school choice programs
than other states. Mr. Nathan and Mr. Boyd examine 17 years'
worth of that experience.
350 Lessons About School Choice from Minnesota: Promise and Challenges, by Joe Nathan and William L. Boyd
A SPECIAL SECTION
ON TEACHER EDUCATION
Guest editor
Mary Futrell and the teacher educators she has assembled for
this Special Section address a range of challenges faced by schools
of education in the 21st century.
356 Burnt Water Paradoxes
of Schools of Education,
by Peggy J. Blackwell, Mary H. Futrell, and David G. Imig
362 Student Learning: Education's Field of Dreams, by Peggy J. Blackwell
368 Excellence in Schools of Education: An Oxymoron?, by Mary M. Brabeck and Dennis Shirley
373 Reflections on Professional Development: Toward
High-Quality Teaching and Learning, by Jim Geringer
376 Bridging the Gap Between Schools of Education
and the Needs of 21st-Century Teachers, by Lisa Holm and Carol Horn
381 Teaching the Children of a New America: The Challenge
of Diversity, by Mary H.
Futrell, Joel Gomez, and Dana Bedden
386 Surviving the Legitimacy Challenge, by Robert J. Yinger and Amanda L. Nolen
HOW FUTURE TEACHERS STACK UP
391 Tomorrow's Teachers: Do They Engage in the 'Right Things' During College?, by Robert M. Carini and George D. Kuh
GOOD TEACHER, BAD
DAY
Sometimes it's best just to take two aspirin and wait for
tomorrow, Mr. Bromfield says.
399 When Nothing Works, by Richard Bromfield
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
401 The Dilemmas of Professional Development, by Virginia Richardson
