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Spring 2000 Issue - 17 Articles- Viewpoint
David Ram
, pp. 4-5 A fair share for continuing education
- Considered Opinion
Ada Focer
, pp. 6-7 Saving homeowners from unscrupulous lenders---and themselves
- Civic Sense, pp. 8-12
This is only a test...
- Town Meeting Monitor
Andrew Nelson
, pp. 13-17 A jaundiced Eye on Winthrop; examining the books in Hopkinton
- Inquiries, pp. 18-26
The Speaker who might be mayor; playing the budget surplus game; fighting crime doesn't...
- State of the States, p. 27
School funding and accountability
- Mass. Media
Robert Keough
, pp. 28-35 Wormtown news
- Innovations
Carol Gerwin
, pp. 36-43 Five ways to reinvent education
Articles
- The Acid Test
Millicent Lawton
, pp. 44-48 Are we ready for MCAS results?
- Teaching to the Test: How MCAS is changing schools
Susan Markowitz
, pp. 49-59 a teacher's view
- Battlin' Bill Galvin
Michael Jonas
, pp. 60-71 "Prince of Darkness" turns populist crusader
- Conversation
Ted Sizer and Nancy Sizer
, pp. 72-85 Ted and Nancy Sizer on schools and morality
- Argument
Gov. Paul Cellucci
, pp. 86-87 A tax cut for future prosperity
- Counterpoints
Michael Widmer and James St. George
, pp. 88-91 -
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The Book Case (3 Reviews) Susan Linn
, pp. 92-93 The trouble with Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
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Revie (Review) Harold M. Schmeck, Jr.
, pp. 94-98 New England's embattled men of the sea
- Against the Tide by Richard Adams Carey
- Cover photograph
Farnsworth Blalock