features

Learning Separately
The case for single-sex schools
By Peter Meyer

Peaks, Cliffs, and Valleys
The peculiar incentives of teacher pensions
By Robert Costrell and Michael Podgursky

St. Louis Blues
Tax credits down and out in Missouri
By Wilbur C. Rich

Wave of the Future
Why charter schools should replace failing urban schools
By Andy Smarick

American Teachers
What values do they hold?
By Robert Slater

forum

Election 2008: The Education Debate

The Democratic Take

By Christopher S. Lehane

The Right Republican Strategy

By David Winston

research

Accountability Lost
Student learning seldom a factor in school board elections
By Christopher Berry and William G. Howell

Accountability Incentives
Do schools practice educational triage?
By Matthew G. Springer

from the editors

Excellence Reformers Need to Make a Choice
Is accountability the reform of the past?
By Paul E. Peterson

correspondence

Readers Respond
Education Next poll; Moving to Opportunity; Murray's challenge; measuring NCLB

the legal beat

Doubtful Jurisprudence
Court offers schools little guidance
By Josh Dunn and Martha Derthick

book review

Inside the Testing Factory
Some schools make it work
By Nathan Glazer

Creativity Rising
Fewer slide rules, more paint brushes
By Mark Bauerlein

Book Alert

cultured

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
Fox TV show doesn’t get it
By David Steiner

what next

Let's Talk About It
Talk radio’s take on K–12 education
By Michael J. Petrilli

school life

Campaign 101
Make charters a political advantage
By Ember Reichgott Junge