A Matter of Principals: The Kindergarten to Grade 12 Public School Leaders Maryland Needs, and How to Get Them
Carolyn ConnerFrederick Hess and Andrew Kelly, The Abell ReportJanuary 2004
Inspiring Vision, Disappointing Results: Four Studies on Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act
Chester E. Finn, Jr.Gail L. Sunderman and Jimmy Kim, Harvard Civil Rights ProjectsFebruary, 2004
The homework delusion
David SkinnerAmerican students are being overworked, says an alarmed chorus of newspapers, magazines, and books. As described by the popular media and even some academics, the crisis is reminiscent of Sister Carrie and Industrial era child-labor scandals. "Overbooked: Four Hours of Homework for a Third Grader" blared a recent cover of People magazine.
Gadfly may have missed some points
It is surprising and disappointing to have a couple thousand-word article dismissed in less than a sentence, as "focusing on ancillary issues." That is what happened in last week's Gadfly. Perhaps, after a brief review offered below, some readers will find more of value than did Mr.
Dirty tricks in anti-charter campaign?
While it doesn't have quite the shock value of accusations of terrorist leanings, the battle over three proposed Massachusetts charter schools lacks little for controversy.
Money ill spent
In a diverse suburb just outside Chicago, Evanston Township High School officials are thinking about pulling out of NCLB, "saying that the financial benefits might not be worth the trouble." Though the school would still be held accountable to Illinois' "less stringent penalties if students do not meet standards," it would likely not be required to disaggregate student scores as NCLB requires,
Name that union!
True, Rod Paige should not have called the National Education Association "a terrorist organization." Given the times in which we live, the middle word in that phrase might have been better chosen. (How about "hostile"? "Disgraceful"?
Where to go from Locke?
Does the Supreme Court's decision in Locke v. Davey - concerning a college scholarship for underprivileged students that was denied to a divinity student attending an evangelical college - have implications for the debate about vouchers and the effort to roll back Blaine Amendments in 32 states?