forum

Technology in Education
Will it be more than just a promise?

The Human Touch
In the rush to place a computer on every desk, schools are neglecting intellectual creativity and personal growth
By Lowell Monke

Technical Difficulties
Information technology could help schools do more with less. If only educators knew how to use it
By Frederick M. Hess

features

A Stranger in Two Worlds
Moving from segregated to integrated schools proved to be a mixed blessing
By Warren Simmons

The Struggle Continues
Brown v. Board of Education ended legally sanctioned segregation, but the decision’s promise awaits fulfillment
By Howard Fuller

Selling Supplemental Services
Can school districts serve as both regulators and providers?
By Siobhan Gorman

Netting an Elusive Breed
How to attract and retain better teachers
By Mark R. Warner

How Vouchers Came to D.C.
The inside story
By Spencer S. Hsu

Will Vouchers Arrive in Colorado?
The courts intervene
By Lance D. Fusarelli

research

School Inflation
Did the 20th-century growth in school size improve education?
By Christopher Berry

Falling Behind
New evidence on the black-white achievement gap
By Steven D. Levitt and Roland G. Fryer

whatever happened to...

The Detracking Movement
Why children are still grouped by ability
By Maureen T. Hallinan

from the editors

The Brown Irony
Racial progress eventually came to pass—everywhere but in public schools
By Paul E. Peterson

correspondence

NCLB in Worcester; multiple intelligences
How many intelligences?

book reviews

Selective Memory
Family Circle: The Boudins and the Aristocracy of the Left By Susan Braudy
By Diane Ravitch

The Newest Americans
Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity By Samuel P. Huntington
By Nathan Glazer

Book Alert
Battling Corruption in America’s Public Schools; After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation; Schools on Probation: How Accountability Works (and Doesn’t Work); School Choice and the Question of Accountability: The Milwaukee Experience

school life

The Days Before Brown
Growing up in segregated schools
By Leonard A. Slade Jr.