Cover Art ©2003
ON THE COVER
Not every educator has bad
things to say about high-stakes testing. Mr. Marshall shares
his experience as principal of an urban elementary school where
"strong external standards linked to high-stakes curriculum-based
tests" proved to be the lever he needed to help improve
his school.
104 A Principal Looks Back: Standards Matter, by Kim Marshall
DEPARTMENTS
98 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Who Really Needs Educating?
99 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Educating Our Youngest Citizens,
by Anne C. Lewis
101 STATELINE, Blue Ribbon Winners at the 2003 State
Policy Fair, by Kathy Christie
103 TECHNOLOGY, Web Page Accessibility, by Royal
Van Horn
169 THOUGHTS
ON TEACHING,
White Teachers, Indian Children,
by Bobby Ann Starnes
171 COURTSIDE, Signing Bonuses,
by Perry A. Zirkel
174 WEB WATCH, Grants and Grant Writing, by Valerie
Anastasi and Mark Hughes
OCTOBER 2003 * Volume 85 * Number 2
FEATURES
FINANCES AND EQUITY
Deciding how to distribute
resources in a school district can be a painful process. Ms.
Miles, Ms. Ware, and Ms. Roza show how in Cincinnati funding
equity and flexibility are linked to accountability and excellence.
Mr. Odden argues that standards-based education reform has shifted
the focus of school finance from equity to adequacy, with far-reaching
implications.
114 Leveling
the Playing Field: Creating Funding Equity Through Student-Based
Budgeting, by Karen Hawley
Miles, Kathleen Ware, and Marguerite Roza
120 Equity and Adequacy in School Finance Today,
by Allan Odden
A SPECIAL SECTION ON READING
The authors in this special
section discuss a range of topics, from teaching reading to the
youngest children and helping older students learn to read in
the disciplines to helping teachers improve their instruction
and motivating children to want to read.
126 Learning to Read in Kindergarten:
Has Curriculum Development Bypassed the Controversies?, by Bruce Joyce, Marilyn Hrycauk, and Emily Calhoun,
with the Northern Lights Kindergarten Teachers
133 Apprenticing
Adolescents to Reading in Subject-Area Classrooms, by Ruth Schoenbach, Jane Braunger, Cynthia Greenleaf,
and Cindy Litman
139 Managing
the Complexities of a Statewide Reading Initiative, by Denise N. Morgan, Karin Saylor-Crowder, Diane
Stephens, Amy Donnelly, Diane E. DeFord, and Erin Hamel
146 Reading for Kicks, Not Kickbacks, by
Danny Brassell
THE 13TH BRACEY REPORT
Gerald Bracey looks at
the year in education, with a special focus on NCLB.
148 The 13th Bracey
Report on the Condition of Public Education, by Gerald W. Bracey
WORLD VIEW
Mr. Tye offers an update
on global education programs from around
the world, in the hope that American educators will seek dialogue
with their international peers.
165 Global Education as a Worldwide
Movement, by Kenneth A. Tye
