Cover Art © 1998 by John Berry
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November 1998 · Volume 80 · Number 3
FEATURES
184 The State's Role in Shaping a Progressive Vision of Public
Education, by Dan French
195 Where Is Lake Wobegon, Anyway? The Controversy Surrounding Social Promotion,
by Richard Rothstein
199 Structured English Immersion: Breakthrough in
Teaching Limited-English-Proficient Students, by Keith
Baker
205 Edison Scores and Scores Again in Boston, by John E. Chubb
210 Edison's Score Remains Unchanged, by Peggy Farber
213 Voluntary National Tests: Helping Schools Improve Instruction and Learning
in Reading and Mathematics, by Marshall S. Smith, David L.
Stevenson, and Christine P. Li
219 Religion in Public Schools: In Search of Fairness, by Perry
A. Glanzer
223 Religion and Public Education, by Edd Doerr
226 Assessing Early Reading Achievement: The Road
to Results, by Robert Ervin
229 The Ruminations of a Right-Wing Extremist, by Myron Lieberman
233 Where We Stand, by Sandra Feldman
237 How Government Can Help People: An Interview with Mark Gearan, by
Mark Goldberg
240 Teaching Reading: Beyond the Plot, by Margaret Metzger
DEPARTMENTS
178 EDITOR'S PAGE, Talking Back
179 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, by Anne C. Lewis
181 STATELINE, by Chris Pipho
247 RESEARCH, by Gerald W. Bracey
249 COURTSIDE, The Right Choice?, by Perry
A. Zirkel
251 TECHNOLOGY, Data Mining for Research and Evaluation,
by Royal Van Horn
253 IN CANADA, Reflections on My Association with the Kappan,
by Tom McConaghy
255 BACKTALK |
