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- Editor's Note, pp. 4-5
- Correspondence, pp. 6-7
- Civic Sense, pp. 8-11 Inching Toward Reform
- Town Meeting Monitor, pp. 12-13
- Inquiries, pp. 14-20
- State of the States, pp. 21-23
- Silber Charm, pp. 24-31 An Interview with the Chairman of the Board of Education
- Financing Fairness, pp. 32-41 Has the Education Reform Act Created a Race to the Middle?
- Extra-Special Education, pp. 42-49 Why Special Ed Costs Are Soaring
- Equity and Excellence, pp. 50-57 Attending Class in Brockton and Weston
- A Day in the Life of Larry Kravitz, pp. 58-67 Sometimes an Ordinary Teacher Does an Extraordinary Job
- Learning to Love the Test, pp. 68-75 How Two School Systems Are Raising Test Scores
- Bringing Change to Chelsea: Boston University's Challenge, pp. 76-83 Fixing the Schools
- Charting a New Course, pp. 84-90 Charter Schools Are the New Schools on the Block
- Getting Parents Involved, pp. 91-93 Good in Theory. Weak in Practice
- Sounding Board, pp. 94-97 Twelve Activists and Educators talk About Change and Innovation
- Resources, pp. 98-99
- Argument, pp. 100-102 School Choice is a Panacea
- There Are No Magic Bullets, p. 103
- Another Look at Vouchers , p. 104
- [+]Review (3 Reviews) , pp. 105-108Failing Students
- How Schools Change by Tony Wagner
- Teaching the New Basic Skills by Richard J. Murnane and Frank Levy
- Beyond the Classroom by Laurence Steinberg
- [+]The Book Case (2 Reviews) , pp. 109-111Up From Progressivism
- Cultural Literacy by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
- The Schools We Need by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
- Two Bits, pp. 112-114 A Few Things I Learned in School
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