Cover Art © 1998 by Brenda Grannan
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December 1998 · Volume 80 · Number 4
FEATURES
264 Parent Anxiety and School Reform: When Interests Collide,Whose
Needs Come First?, by Robert L. Fried
272 The Educationally Challenged American School District,
by Evans Clinchy
278 A Journey Toward Autonomy, by Linda Nathan
and Larry Myatt
288 We Can't Get There from Here: Critical
Issues in School Reform, by Judith M. Newman
297 For-Profit Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities:
The Sordid Side of the Business of Schooling, by Nancy
J. Zollers and Arun K. Ramanathan
305 Charter School Reform in California: Does It Meet Expectations?,
by Amy Stuart Wells and Research Associates, UCLA Charter School Study
313 Pondering the Complexities of School Choice,
by Sally Bomotti
317 No More Principals! No More Custodians!, by
Darrol Bussler
319 Condemning Students to Debt: Is
the College Loan Program Out of Control?, by Richard Fossey
322 Does Princess Adelaide Really Have the Whooping Cough?,
by Phil J. Davis and Chris Wendelyn
326 A Case for Merit Pay, by Thomas R. Hoerr
DEPARTMENTS
258 EDITOR'S PAGE, One Teacher at a Time
259 WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, by Anne C. Lewis
261 STATELINE, by Chris Pipho
328 RESEARCH, by Gerald W. Bracey
330 COURTSIDE, Testing the Limits or Limiting the
Tests?, by Perry A. Zirkel
332 TECHNOLOGY, Gift-Giving Suggestions, by Royal
Van Horn
334 BACKTALK |
