TABLE OF CONTENTS: NOVEMBER 1996 * Volume 78 *
Number 3
FEATURES
190 Building a System of Quality
Assurance for the Teaching Profession: Moving into the 21st Century,
by Arthur E. Wise
193 What Matters Most: A Competent
Teacher for Every Child, by Linda Darling-Hammond
202 Profession-Based Accreditation: A Foundation for High-Quality
Teaching, by Arthur E. Wise and Jane Leibbrand
207 Standards for Teachers: Potential for Improving Practice,
by Gordon Ambach
211 New Models for State Licensing of Professional Educators,
by Marilyn Scannell and Judith Wain
215 National Board Certification and the Teaching Profession's
Commitment to Quality Assurance, by Mary Catherine Buday and James
A. Kelly
220 Quality Assurance: What Must Be Done to Strengthen the Teaching
Profession, by Albert Shanker KAPPAN Special Report
- Profits R Us: Notes on the Commercialization of America's Schools,
by George R. Kaplan 225 The
Role of Teachers in Establishing a Quality-Assurance System,
by Don Cameron
228 Sustaining and Extending Educational Renewal, by John I. Goodlad
234 Reassessing a Learning Gap: A Comparative Study of Student
Science Achievement in the U.S. and China, by Jianjun Wang
240 Research, Politics, and the School
Choice Agenda, by Alex Molnar, Walter C. Farrell, Jr., James
H. Johnson, Jr., and Marty Sapp
244 The Third Phi Delta Kappa Poll
of Teachers' Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, by Carol
A. Langdon
DEPARTMENTS
184 EDITOR'S PAGE, Beware Fish That Float
186 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, by
Anne C. Lewis
188 STATELINE, by Chris Pipho
251 RESEARCH, by Gerald W. Bracey
253 COURTSIDE, Another Setback for Carthage?, by Perry A. Zirkel
255 IN EUROPE, Jobs and Mobility in the European Union, by Bryan
T. Peck
257 POWER TOOLS, Words to Think With, by Royal Van Horn
259 BACKTALK
