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Cover
Art: © Susan Todd
DEPARTMENTS
642 THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Wishful Thinking
643 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Desegregation and
Degeneration, by Anne C. Lewis
645 STATELINE, A First-Quarter 2004 Report: State Democracy,
by Kathy Christie
647 TECHNOLOGY, Empowering Technology for Teacher Education,
by Royal Van Horn
714 IN CANADA, Litigating Literacy, by Heather-jane
Robertson
716 RESEARCH, Serious Questions About the Tennessee
Value-Added Assessment System, by Gerald W. Bracey
718 COURTSIDE, A Damaging Lesson, by Perry A. Zirkel
720
WEB WATCH, Integrating
Multiculturalism into the Classroom, by Christina Gaertner
and Deborah Lester
BACKTALK, Inside Back Cover
HOW TO
FIND THESE
ARTICLES ONLINE
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ON THE COVER
To filter
or not to filter, that is the question Mr. Callister and Mr.
Burbules pose to Kappan readers in their trenchant analysis of
the "good" and the "bad" of the Internet
and efforts to control student access to the information it makes
available.
648
Just Give It to Me Straight: A Case Against Filtering the Internet, by T. A. Callister, Jr., and Nicholas
C. Burbules
FEATURES
BROWN AT 50
The 1954
decision in Brown v. Board of Education was
truly a landmark. Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Mehta examine the progress
made and the persistent obstacles in light of our efforts to
achieve true equality in education. Ms. Wells and her colleagues
present the findings of a study of the effects of racially mixed
schools on students and society.
656 An Unfinished Journey:
The Legacy of Brown and the Narrowing of the Achievement Gap, by Ronald F. Ferguson with Jal Mehta
670 Against the Tide:
Desegregated High Schools and Their 1980 Graduates, by Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison
Holme, Anita Tijerina Revilla, and Awo Korantemaa Atanda
A MEDITATION
ON TEACHING
On a day
many years ago, Mr. Valadez learned some valuable lessons about
teaching and about life.
680 Perfect Day: A Meditation
About Teaching,
by Gilbert Valadez
HIGHLY QUALIFIED
TEACHERS
Until recently,
not much has been said about the NCLB requirement for "highly
qualified" teachers. But the authors of these two articles
believe that the time has come to address this federal requirement
seriously.
684 The Search for Highly
Qualified Teachers, by
Barnett Berry, Mandy Hoke, and Eric Hirsch
690 'Highly Qualified'
Teachers: Pretense or Legal Requirement?, by Michael A. Rebell and Molly A.
Hunter
CONSTRUCTIVISM
AND BLOCK SCHEDULING
Block scheduling
can be part of a comprehensive plan to create a constructivist
school culture, Mr. Hackmann argues.
697 Constructivism and
Block Scheduling: Making the Connection, by Donald G. Hackmann
SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY
PARTNERSHIPS
703 School/University
Partnerships: Rhetoric, Reality, and Intimacy, by Diane Stephens and Gail Boldt
STUDENTS AND
GRIEF
707
An Authentic Test for Our Children: Ten Common Principles in
a Time of Grief, by
Peggy Silva
NCLB
709 No Child Left
Behind: The Case of Roosevelt High School, by John Ambrosio
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