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Art: Mario Noche
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418 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, A Desirable
Goal
419 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Unwrapping Teaching, by Anne C. Lewis
421 STATELINE, 2003 Findings from the States, by Kathy Christie
423 TECHNOLOGY, English Learners
and Machine Translation, Part 2, by Royal Van Horn
475 THOUGHTS ON TEACHING, John L. Lewis,
Jesus, and President Bush, by Bobby Ann Starnes
477 RESEARCH, International Comparisons:
Less Than Meets the Eye?, by Gerald W. Bracey
479 COURTSIDE, NCLB=New Cause for Litigious Behavior?, by Perry
A. Zirkel
BACKTALK, Inside Back Cover
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ON THE
COVER
Surely
by now you would think we should know how to improve our schools.
Yet "systemic reform," as it is usually understood,
is not the way, Mr. Schmoker argues. He offers readers a more
promising alternative.
424 Tipping
Point: From Feckless Reform to Substantive Instructional Improvement,
by Mike Schmoker
FEATURES
WHAT IS 'PUBLIC'
ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
Those of
us who are self-described "advocates for public schools"
believe we know exactly what that phrase means. Mr. Hess challenges
us to examine our understanding of what "public" means
in today's society. Four advocates of public schooling reply,
and Mr. Hess responds to their views.
433 What Is a 'Public School'?
Principles for a New Century, by Frederick M. Hess
440 The Larger Purpose of Public Schools, by Linda Nathan
442 Some Questions for Advocates of Public Education, by Joe
Nathan
446 An Ongoing Conversation, by Ray Bacchetti
448 Reimagining Public Education, by Evans Clinchy
451 Debating Principles for Public Schooling in a New Century,
by Frederick M. Hess
MAKING THE ACHIEVEMENT
GAP DISAPPEAR
Mr. Merrow
shares the recipe for success that he found in a most unlikely
place, embodied in a most unlikely "Superman."
455 Meeting Superman, by John
Merrow
SELF-DIRECTED
LEARNING
More than
a quarter century ago, Maurice Gibbons introduced the idea of
the Walkabout to U.S. schools. Now he suggests that the familiar
paradigm of teacher-directed learning is beginning to give way
to one of self-directed learning.
461 Pardon Me, Didn't I Just
Hear a Paradigm Shift?, by Maurice Gibbons
ALSO IN THIS
ISSUE
468 A President Who 'Gets It,'
by Thomas Sobol
471 Celebrating the Arts: A Children's
Fine Arts Festival, by Robin Wright Fromherz
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