Cover Art ©2003
ON THE COVER
Having teachers look at student
work in order to improve student learning is a practice with
growing appeal and potential importance. While it lacks strong
roots in schools, its benefits, the authors argue, are worth
pursuing.
184 Looking at Student Work for Teacher Learning, Teacher Community,
and School Reform, by Judith
Warren Little, Maryl Gearhart, Marnie Curry, and Judith Kafka
DEPARTMENTS
178 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Talking Mathematics
179 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY,
Community Counts, by Anne C. Lewis
181 STATELINE, Got Human Capital?,
by Kathy Christie
183
TECHNOLOGY, Prudent Computing,
by Royal Van Horn
251 IN CANADA, Plus Ça Change . . . , by Heather-jane
Robertson
253 RESEARCH, Teachers Around the World,
by Gerald W. Bracey
255 COURTSIDE, No Child Left Ahead?,
by Perry A. Zirkel
BACKTALK, Inside Back Cover
November 2003 * Volume 85 * Number 3
FEATURES
A SPECIAL SECTION ON MATHEMATICS
EDUCATION
The authors in this section
address questions of how teachers can communicate a deep understanding
of mathematical ideas to children and caution against facile
interpretations of what that means.
193 Math Wars: Taking Sides, by John Marshall
201 Fasten Your Seat Belts, by Thomas
C. O'Brien and
Judy A. Barnett
207 Can We Reach Definitive Conclusions in Mathematics Education Research?, by Carmen M. Latterell and Lawrence Copes
212 James Otto and the Pi Man: A Constructivist
Tale,
by Carole Funk
URBAN SCHOOL REFORM
215 A Philadelphia Story: Civic
Engagement and Ambitious Systemwide Reform, by Jolley Bruce Christman
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
Mr. Neill and Mr. Marshak
question the wisdom of the new federal education law.
225 Leaving Children Behind: How
No Child Left Behind Will Fail Our Children, by Monty Neill
229 No Child Left Behind:
A Foolish Race into the Past,
by David Marshak
COMPUTERS AND COMMUNITIES
232 Using Computer Technology
to Bridge School and Community,
by Jie-Qi Chen and Warren Dym
LOOKING BACK IN TIME
What would it be like
to meet your first class of students after 25 years? Mr. Mahoney
did just that.
235 What Matters: A Classroom
Odyssey, by Jim Mahoney
RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
239 Religion
and Education: Walking the Line in Public Schools, by Joanne M. Marshall
CHARACTER EDUCATION
243 How to Integrate Character
Education into the Curriculum, by Jane Gilness
WORLD VIEW
246 A Look at Cuban Schools: What
Is Cuba Doing Right?, by
Barbara C. Hunt
