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forum
Education and the Economy
Can the nation depend on today's education system to fuel economic growth in the future?
The Seeds of Growth
The United States became the world’s economic superpower
over the course of the 20th century. But can today’s
education system be counted on to fertilize growth in the future?
By Eric Hanushek
Barren Land
During the past four decades, poor countries worldwide
have experienced a massive expansion of education. But the
global mandarins who thought education would lead to
surging economies have been sorely disappointed
By William Easterly
features
Tassels on the Cheap
The GED and the falling graduation rate
By Duncan Chaplin
Educational Jujitsu
The new weapon in school finance lawsuits
By Michael Heise
The Virtues of Randomness
Education discovers randomized field trials
By Robert Boruch
Unruly Crew
Accountability lessons from the Clinton administration
By Michael Cohen
The Accreditation Game
Can accreditation ensure quality teacher training?
By Sandra Vergari and Frederick M. Hess
research
Learning English
New evidence on the effectiveness of bilingual education
By Joseph M. Guzman
Quantity over Quality
Falling class sizes and teachers’ dwindling pay
By Darius Lakdawalla
check the facts
Responsible Polling
Phi Delta Kappa and Gallup defend their voucher questions
By Lowell C. Rose and Alec M. Gallup
Dodging the Questions
A response to Phi Delta Kappa and Gallup
By Terry M. Moe
from the editors
Credible Cassandras
This time, perhaps, the sky really is falling
correspondence
New American Schools; bullying and school violence
New American Schools; bullying and school violence
book review
Choice Words
Catholic Schools: Private and Social Effects
by William Sander
The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools
by William G. Howell & Paul Peterson, with Patrick J. Wolf and David E. Campbell
By R. Kenneth Godwin and John E. Coons
Women’s Work
Kingdom of Children
Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement
by Mitchell L. Stevens
By Paul T. Hill
education matters to me
Full Court Press
Why I am fighting for school choice
By Howard Fuller
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