features

Hope after Katrina
Will New Orleans become the new city of choice?
By Kathryn G. Newmark and Veronique De Rugy

Home Is Where the Heart Is
Can Cory Booker save Newark’s schools?
By David Skinner

Don’t Sweat It
How some schools do—and don’t do—PE
By Bob Cullen

Miracle Math
A successful program from Singapore tests the limits of school reform in the suburbs
By Barry Garelick

forum

National Standards
Should the federal government tell schools what to teach?

A New New Federalism
The case for national standards and tests
By Michael J. Petrilli and Chester E. Finn Jr.

Hoop Hassles
Incentives, not national control
By James Peyser

Political Realities
To get national standards, leaders will need to be bold
By Robert Gordon

research

Not Your Father’s PE
Obesity, exercise, and the role of schools
By John Cawley, Chad Meyerhoefer and David Newhouse

The Why Chromosome
How a teacher’s gender affects boys and girls
By Thomas S. Dee

check the facts

Is Your Child’s School Effective?
Don’t rely on NCLB to tell you
By Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West

from the editors

Learning from Catastrophe Theory
What New Orleans Tells Us about Our Education Future
By Paul E. Peterson

the legal beat

Virtual Legality
Unions and Home Schoolers Attack Internet Education
By Josh Dunn and Martha Derthick

correspondence

Thomas Payzant; union politics; Jack Jennings; high school; keeping Christians out

book reviews

Battling the Progressives
The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children By E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
By Diane Ravitch

Beyond the Melting Pot
Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers By Kwame Anthony Appiah
Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny By Amartya Sen
By Nathan Glazer

Book Alert

what next

The Cure
Will NCLB’s restructuring wonder drug prove meaningless?
By Michael J. Petrilli

school life

The English Teacher
When the lack of a cohesive curriculum comes back to bite
By Thomas Wagner