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DEPARTMENTS
562 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Ever 'At Risk'?
563 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Students as Commodities, by Anne C. Lewis
565 STATELINE, States Ain't Misbehavin', but the Work Is Hard!, by Kathy Christie
567 TECHNOLOGY, Computer Adaptive Tests and Computer-Based Tests, by Royal Van Horn
628 COURTSIDE, The Case of the Purloined Letter, by Perry A. Zirkel
631 THOUGHTS ON TEACHING, Saffy's Big Idea, by Bobby Ann Starnes
633 PULSE OF THE PUBLIC, Age and Attitudes, by Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup
635 RESEARCH, Inequality from the Get Go, by Gerald W. Bracey
637 BACKTALK
APRIL 2003 * Volume 84 * Number
8
ON THE COVER
Mr. Patterson urges all of us to "break out of our boxes"
by "thinking differently" about how schooling is organized
and conducted.
568 Breaking Out of Our Boxes, by William Patterson
FEATURES
A DIFFERENT KIND OF SCHOOLING
Ms. Cassebaum escorts readers on a brief tour of a famous experiment
that is still going strong.
575 Revisiting Summerhill, by Anne Cassebaum
A SPECIAL SECTION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT
GAP
Mr. Jackson identifies the students' own perception of themselves
as learners as one of the reasons that the achievement gap remains
so hard to close. Mr. Singham attempts to broaden our thinking
about the achievement gap so that we see it as more than a minority
problem.
579 Education Reform
as if Student Agency Mattered: Academic Microcultures and Student
Identity, by D. Bruce Jackson
586 The Achievement Gap: Myths and Reality,
by Mano Singham
TIME FOR TASKS?
There's not enough time for all the tasks that schools are expected
to undertake, Ms. Meek charges. As evidence, she walks readers
through a day in her third-grade classroom.
592 Classroom Crisis:
It's About Time, by Claudia
Meek
A SPECIAL SECTION ON TECHNOLOGY
Ms. Firek urges teacher educators to practice in their own teaching
what many of them preach. Mr. Jennings brings the generations
together around the flickering of a computer screen. Ms. Moll
raises a caution flag, lest our fascination with technology take
us too far, too fast.
596 One Order of Ed
Tech Coming Up . . . You Want Fries with That?, by Hilve Firek
598 Ambassadors of the Computer Age,
by Matthew Jennings
600 Computers and Kids: Pulling the Plug
Can Protect the Planet, by Marita Moll
OF SCIENCE AND READING
Could the current federal emphasis on "research-based"
instruction lead us to follow a well-trod, but less-than-scientific
path? Mr. Zimmermann and Ms. Brown wonder.
603 Let
Them Eat More Than Phonics, by
Jerry Zimmermann and Carolyn Brown
CHANGING SCHOOL CULTURE
606 Altering
the Structure and Culture of American Public Schools, by Wellford W. Wilms
MARKING AN ANNIVERSARY
616 April
Foolishness: The 20th Anniversary of A Nation at Risk, by Gerald W. Bracey
PEER RELATIONSHIPS
Ms. Osterman offers advice to teachers on how to foster positive
peer relationships.
622 Preventing School
Violence, by Karen F. Osterman
TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS
624 'I Need Time to Grow': The Transitional
Year, by Barbara S. Harris
