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Houston Takes Off
Will success survive the Paige promotion?

Taking Measure
A recent Council of the Great City Schools report hailed Houston for 'beating the odds' by generating sizable gains in student achievement.
By Jane Hannaway and Shannon McKay

Balancing Act
Redefining the district’s role under standards-based reform
By Marci Kanstoroom

Digging Deeper
Houston has plenty of unfinished business as it transitions to new leadership an
By Paul T. Hill

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Choice, Testing, and the Jigsaw Society
Will school reform undermine the common culture?

Ex Uno Plures
Public schools once taught a common culture. Now they try to teach every culture
By Diane Ravitch

High-Stakes Culture
Any attempt to divine the cultural consequences of choice must recognize that the movement for educational choice has not been limited to vouchers.
By David Steiner

Seasons Change
The shifting make-up of society and schools has already undermined the common culture
By Nathan Glazer

Identity Crisis
Can teacher unions really promote reform?

A Union by Any Other Name
The NEA and AFT will promote reforms— but only those that serve teachers’ interests
By Terry M. Moe

Deindustrialization
Why teachers must come to regard—and organize—themselves as mind workers
By Charles Taylor Kerchner

Reform or Be Reformed
A new agenda for the teacher unions
By Adam Urbanski

research

Bowling Together
Private schools, public ends
By David E. Campbell

Sciencephobia
Why education rejects randomized experiments
By Thomas D. Cook

check the facts

Selective Reporting
Quality Counts 2001, A Better Balance: Standards, Tests, and the Tools to Succeed by the editors of Education Week
By Chester E. Finn Jr.

from the editors

Education Next
Our name has changed, but our mission has not

correspondence

Military academies; do teachers matter?
Military academies; do teachers matter?

book review

Try, Try Again
All Together Now: Creating Middle-Class Schools through Public School Choice by Richard D. Kahlenberg
By John F. Witte and John E. Coons

The Mismeasure of Learning
Poorly designed high-stakes tests may undermine the standards movement
By Lauren B. Resnick

education matters to me

Life Lessons
The obstacles in my path were perfect training for a teacher
By Adela Acosta