Features

Home Schooling Goes Mainstream
Everybody knows somebody who is teaching a child at home
By Milton Gaither

The Big U-Turn
How to bring schools from the brink of doom to stellar success
By Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan C. Hassel

Same Old, Same Old
New union leadership does not change a thing
By Linda Seebach

Juggling Act
The politics of education science
By Andrew Rudalevige

Forum

Virtual Schools
Will education technology change the role of the teacher and the nature of learning?
By John E. Chubb, Terry M. Moe and Larry Cuban

Research

School Choice International
Higher private school share boosts national test scores
By Martin R. West and Ludger Woessmann

Who Gains, Who Loses?
The fiscal impact of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
By Robert Costrell

From the Editors

The Home-Schooling Special
Today’s choicest choice
By Paul E. Peterson

Correspondence

Readers Respond
Front-loading teacher pay; California home schooling; paying students for test scores; academics and discipline; technology education for teachers

The Legal Beat

Language Barriers
Arizonans battle federal court order to spend more
By Josh Dunn and Martha Derthick

Check the Facts

What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certification?
We get more minority teachers and test scores rise
By Paul E. Peterson and Daniel Nadler

Book Review

Purposeful Youth
Is it asking too much?
By Nathan Glazer

Reality Check
Murray’s simple truths not so simple
By Peter Wehner

Book Alert

CulturEd

Team Colors
Film explores racial divide in 1930s America
By David Steiner

What Next

Linky Love, Snark Attacks, and Fierce Debates about Teacher Quality?
A peek inside the education blogosphere
By Michael J. Petrilli

School Life

Intellectual Combat
My journey in competitive forensics
By Shawn Briscoe