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Merit: To Pay Or Not To
Pay
By Bob Peterson
Teachers grapple with yet another marketplace reform.
Girls, Worms, And Body Image
By Kate Lyman
How one elementary teacher deals with gender stereotypes.
Neighborhood Schools: Déjà
Vu
By Robert Lowe
A policy of returning to local schools threatens to increase racial
inequality.
Teaching About The WTO And
Global Issues
By Wayne Au
Seattle students study world trade and learn first-hand the benefits
of activism.
Teachers As Leaders
By Monica Solomon
A look at an alternative to "pay-for-performance."
Lessons From History
By Lany Cuban and David B. Tyack
History suggests that "merit-pay" reforms will fail.
Small Classes Versus Vouchers
A Rethinking Schools Editorial
Wisconsin's experiment with small classes can document academic success,
especially for African Americans. Too bad the same can't be said for
vouchers.
Small Classes Versus Vouchers
By Joanna Dupuis
Report documents gains in smaller classes in Wisconsin.
For-Profit Firm On The Ropes
By Barbara Miner
Tesseract, formerly known as EAI, can't even afford postage.
Wisconsin Issues Report On
Voucher Program
By Barbara Miner
Report notes it is impossible to determine if students are performing
better in voucher schools.
SPECIAL REPORT: ZERO TOLERANCE
Resisting Zero Tolerance
by William Ayers and Bernadine Dohm
A politically popular sound-bite has morphed into a Frankenstein's
monster, destroying children in its path. It doesn't have to be that
way.
First-Class Jails, Second-Class
Schools
An Interview with Jesse Jackson
Society's misplaced priorities are moving too many youths from the
educational system and into the penal system.
Zero Tolerance Unfair To
Blacks
By Joanna Dupuis
A new story shows that African Americans are suspended or expelled
from school disproportionately.
A Policeman's Duty?
By Jacqueline Battiste-Johnson
A parent and teacher wants to know why schools are more and more likely
to call the police when kids get into fights, or even verbal confrontations.
Remembering Russell
By Jehanne Helena Beaton
Russell was a troubled 12-year-old who needed guidance and support.
His school treated him as a problem. Now he's a 16-year-old criminal.
Bright Like Me?
By Kirsten Olson Lanier
What if we take seriously the idea that people can become smart?
The Charter Conundrum
By Leo Casey
The charter school movement provides both opportunities and dangers.
SAT + ETS = $$$
by Alan Stoskopf
A review of Nicholas Lemann's new book, "The Big Test".
"Standardized Minds"
-- A Must-Read
A quick look at Peter Sacks' riveting new book on America's obsession
with testing.
Behind the Testing Juggernaut
An Interview with Peter Sacks, Author of "Standardized Minds"
High-Stakes Testing Slights
Multicultural Curricula
By Makani Themba-Nixon
A vivid example of how high-stakes testing is narrowing the curricula
in many schools.
Chicago's "No Social
Promotion" Under Attack
By Julie Woestehoff
The much-touted policy is starting to draw fire from educators and civil
rights activists.
CASE Revealed, Case Closed
A Chicago teacher has been suspended -- and the district is suing shim
for $1.4 million -- for publishing questions from the city's high-stakes
exam.
Standards Odds 'n Ends.
News items on the standards issue from around the country.
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