TABLE OF CONTENTS: SEPTEMBER 1996* Volume 78 *
Number 1
Features
10 Travels Without Charley,
by John F. Jennings 18 Possibilities, Problems,
and Progress: Early Lessons from the Charter Movement,
by Joe Nathan
24 One School's Journey in the Age of Reform,
by Larry Myatt and Linda Nathan
26 City Academy, by Milo Cutter
28 O'Farrell Community School: Center for Advanced Academic
Studies, by Bob Stein
29 A Choice to Charter, by Doug Thomas and Kim
Borwege
32 Charter Schools: The Revitalization of Public Education,
by James N. Goenner
37 The Story of California's Charter School Legislation,
by Gary K. Hart and Sue Burr 41 The
28th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes
Toward the Public Schools, by Stanley M. Elam, Lowell
C. Rose, and Alec M. Gallup 60 Charter Schools: California's
Education Reform 'Power Tool,' by Eric Premack
66 Colorado's Charter Schools: A Spark for Change and
a Catalyst for Reform, by William Windler
70 School Choice: To What End?, by Tony Wagner
72 The Evolution of the Charter Concept, by Ray
Budde 74 Grading Principals: Administrator
Evaluations Come of Age, by John A. Murphy and Susan
Pimentel
82 Why Many New Teachers Are Unprepared to Teach in Most
New York City Schools, by Frank Schwartz
85 Community Accountability: A Theory of Information,
Accountability, and School Improvement, by Gary T. Henry Departments
4 EDITOR'S PAGE, The News in Chains
5 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, by Anne C. Lewis
7 STATELINE, by Chris Pipho
91 RESEARCH, by Gerald W. Bracey
93 COURTSIDE, Hot, Sexy - and Safer?,
by Perry A. Zirkel
95 IN EUROPE, The European Union Faces East,
by Bryan T. Peck
97 POWER TOOLS, Kids, Tools, and Ray Bradbury's
Basement, by Royal Van Horn
98 BACKTALK
