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DEPARTMENTS

418 GUEST EDITORIAL, Continuing a Tradition of Excellence

420 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Title II
and Teacher Testing, by Anne C. Lewis

422 STATELINE, One Goal, Different AYPs, by Kathy Christie

472 TECHNOLOGY, Visualizations, by Royal Van Horn

474 THOUGHTS ON TEACHING,
On Slight Modifications and the American Dream, by Bobby Ann Starnes

476 RESEARCH, Tips for Readers of Research: 'Seeing Through' the Graphs, by Gerald W. Bracey

412 COURTSIDE, Striking Results, by Perry A. Zirkel

479 BACKTALK

FEBUARY 2003 * Volume 84 * Number 6

ON THE COVER
The question isn't whether small schools make a difference, but how to implement the reform, Ms. Evans suggests. She shares the lessons she learned in the process of breaking a large high school into several smaller schools.

424  A Principal's Dilemmas: Theory and Reality of School Redesign, by Paula M. Evans

FEATURES

THE 'SCIENCE' OF READING RESEARCH
Dr. Strauss adds his stinging critique of the report of the National Reading Panel to the chorus of criticism. He challenges its claim of using a "medical model" of research and questions its true purpose.

438  Challenging the NICHD Reading Research Agenda,
by Steven L. Strauss, M.D.

OF LEARNING AND THE IMAGINATION
Mr. Egan reconsiders the conventional wisdom that we should always "start where the student is" and arrives at a much different conclusion.

443  Start with What the Student Knows or with What the Student Can Imagine?, by Kieran Egan

STANDARDS, TESTING, AND URBAN SCHOOLS
While no one disputes that all students are entitled to attend schools with high standards, merely saying so doesn't resolve some serious problems for those who work in urban schools.

446  A View from the Bottom: What Happens When Your School
System Ranks Last?, by Kenneth E. Vogler and Robert J. Kennedy, Jr.
449  Implementing High Standards in Urban Schools: Problems and Solutions, by James O. Lee

TUTORING
456  Looking Beyond the Stereotypes: Ensuring the True Potential of Tutoring, by Edward E. Gordon

LESSONS FROM THE DANES
460  Denmark: Lessons for American Principals and Teachers?,
by Richard Morrill

LESSONS FROM 9/11
A banker turned teacher, Jeffrey Glass reflects on his experiences during the 9/11 attacks.

464  September 11: Atrocity and the Human Spirit, by Jeffrey Glass

TAKING CARE OF NEW TEACHERS
Mr. Wesley offers a Rogerian view of how veteran educators can support those who are new to the profession.

466  Nurturing the Novices, by Donald C. Wesley

MEETING INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
Mr. Shoemaker wonders why we can't seem to learn that very different children, even when provided the same experiences, will not succeed according to the same rigid set of criteria.

468  A Tale of Two Children, by David Shoemaker