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Phi Delta March 1998 · Volume 79 · Number 7

Features

488 How Charter Schools Are Different: Lessons and Implications from a National Study, by Bruno V. Manno, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Louann A. Bierlein, and Gregg Vanourek
499 Heat and Light in the Charter School Movement, by Joe Nathan
506 The Edison Project Scores -- and Stumbles -- in Boston, by Peggy Farber
512 Change as Collaborative Inquiry: A 'Constructivist' Methodology for Reinventing Schools, by Tony Wagner
518 How Comprehensive Can Comprehensive Reform Be?, by Thomas Hatch
524 A Study of Three Cultures: Germany, Japan, and the United States -- An Overview of the TIMSS Case Study Project, by Harold W. Stevenson
530 Turning Students into Inventors: Active Learning Modules for Secondary Students, by Michael E. Gorman, Jonathan A. Plucker, and Carolyn M. Callahan
536 Attracting and Retaining High-Quality Professionals in Science Education, by Jeffrey Weld
540 Who Is Scientifically Literate, Anyway?, by Richard L. Hinman
546 Censorship: Tactics for Defense, by Skip Lowery

Departments

482 GUEST EDITORIAL, The Tax Credit: Another Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
483 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, by Anne C. Lewis
485 STATELINE, by Chris Pipho
548 RESEARCH, by Gerald W. Bracey
550 COURTSIDE, A Uniform Policy, by Perry A. Zirkel
552 IN CANADA, Ontario's Education War Far from Over, by Tom McConaghy
554 WORLD VIEW, Implementing School Improvement Overseas, by Theresa Barba and Keith Young
556 POWER TOOLS, Tomorrow's High-Performance Courseware: A Rough Sketch, by Royal Van Horn
558 BACKTALK


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