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Winter 2010 / Vol. 10, No. 1

Time for School?

When the snow falls, test scores also drop

By Dave E. Marcotte and Benjamin Hansen 
Governance and Leadership, Homepage, On Top of the News, Research, Standards, Testing, and Accountability  

Education Data in 2025

Fifteen years hence, we will know exactly how well our schools, teachers, and students are doing

By Chester E. Finn, Jr. 
Briefs, Standards, Testing, and Accountability, Technology, What Next  

Supreme Modesty

From strip searches to school funding, the Court treads lightly

By Joshua Dunn and Martha Derthick 
Briefs, Courts and Law, The Legal Beat  

A Recession for Schools

Not as bad as it sounds

By Paul E. Peterson 
Briefs, From the Editor, Governance and Leadership, On Top of the News, School Spending  

Winter 2010 Correspondence

Readers Respond

By Education Next   
Correspondence  

Winter 2010 Book Alert

Intelligence and How to Get It; Liberating Learning; Unlearned Lessons; Leading for Equity

By Education Next   
Alerts, Books  

Poor Schools or Poor Kids?

To some, fixing education means taking on poverty and health care

By Joe Williams and Pedro Noguera   
Charter Schools and Vouchers, Forum, Governance and Leadership, Homepage, Inside Schools, No Child Left Behind, On Top of the News, School Choice, School Spending, Standards, Testing, and Accountability, State and Federal, Teachers and Teaching, Unions and Collective Bargaining  

The Turnaround Fallacy

Stop trying to fix failing schools. Close them and start fresh.

By Andy Smarick 
Features, Governance and Leadership, Homepage, No Child Left Behind, On Top of the News, Standards, Testing, and Accountability, Uncategorized  

Examining a Massacre

Columbine by Dave Cullen
As reviewed by Nathan Glazer

By Nathan Glazer 
Inside Schools, Reviews, School Life  

D.C.’s Braveheart

Can Michelle Rhee wrest control of the D.C. school system from decades of failure?

By June Kronholz 
Features, Governance and Leadership, Standards, Testing, and Accountability, Teachers and Teaching, Unions and Collective Bargaining  

Dining Family Style

Meaningful dinner conversation can be hard to come by

By Joshua Gans   
Briefs, School Life  

The Case for Special Education Vouchers

Parents should decide when their disabled child needs a private placement

By Stuart Buck and Jay P. Greene 
Charter Schools and Vouchers, Features, Homepage, On Top of the News, School Choice, Special Education  

Fraud in the Lunchroom?

Federal school-lunch program may not be a reliable measure of poverty

By David N. Bass   
Check the Facts, Governance and Leadership, On Top of the News, School Spending, State and Federal  

Golden Handcuffs

Teachers who change jobs or move pay a high price

By Robert M. Costrell and Michael Podgursky 
Homepage, On Top of the News, Research, School Spending, Teachers and Teaching, Unions and Collective Bargaining  

The Phony Funding Crisis

Even in the worst of times, schools have money to spend

By Arthur Peng and James Guthrie 
Features, Homepage, School Spending  

Can Johnny Graduate from College?

Crossing the Finish Line by William G. Bowen, Matthew M. Chingos, and Michael S. McPherson
As reviewed by Russ Whitehurst

By Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst 
Reviews, Standards, Testing, and Accountability  

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