Summer 2008 / Vol. 8, No. 3
FEATURES
No Country for Strong Men
California unions tame the Terminator
Opinion Leaders or Laggards?
Newspaper editorialists support charter schools, split on NCLB
Book Alert
Lessons Learned: What International Assessments Tell Us about Math Achievement Tom Loveless, editor (Brookings Institution Press) While math scores are bandied about in the modern era, how much do we really know about what they mean or what they can teach about practice and policy? In this dense but thought-provoking volume, Brookings scholar Tom Loveless […]
Preschool Politics
States’ efforts to reach the very young
Peerless, Indeed
Educator’s diagnosis on the mark, 65 years later
The Reading First Controversy
Promise and perils of federal leadership
Accountability Left Behind
U.S. Court of Appeals sides with the NEA, would free districts from NCLB requirements
Brand-Name Charters
The franchise model applied to schools
How Do We Transform Our Schools?
Use technologies that compete against nothing
Is the Price Right?
Probing American’s knowledge of school spending
RESEARCH
New York City Charter Schools
Who attends them and how well are they teaching their students?
Scaling Up in Chile
Larger networks of schools produce higher student achievement
FORUM
CHECK THE FACTS
Few States Set World-Class Standards
In fact, most render the notion of proficiency meaningless
BOOK REVIEWS
Preschool Politics
States’ efforts to reach the very young
Peerless, Indeed
Educator’s diagnosis on the mark, 65 years later
