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Articles in Spring, 2002 issue of Education Next

• Tortuous routes: in California, alternative certification has become a crucial source of new teachers. It would be even more crucial if its cumbersome requirements didn't dissuade so many promising candidates
  by David Ruenzel
• Break the link: the fact that schools of education could no longer rely on a captive body of aspiring teachers would expose them to the cleansing winds of competition
  by Frederick M. Hess
• Democracy in education: America's latest voluntary organization: the charter school
  by Patrick J. Wolf
• A new partnership
  by Andrew Rotherham
• A tenuous hold: education schools have lost the confidence of the public and policy makers alike. They'll need to relinquish their monopoly on teacher preparation in order to gain it back
  by James W. Fraser
• Positive spin: the evidence for traditional teacher certification, reexamined
  by Kate Walsh
• The feds step in: will the new federal accountability standards spur school improvement?
• Low expectations: straight A's, yet not ready for college
  by Jeffrey Jones
• Unwarranted intrusion: isn't it ironic that Republicans sponsored the single largest—and potentially the single most damaging—expansion of federal power over the nation's education system in history?
  by Richard F. Elmore
• Certifying the intangible: no one really knows what makes a good teacher
• Mystery of good teaching: the evidence shows that good teachers make a clear difference in student achievement. The problem is that we don't really know what makes a good teacher
  by Dan Goldhaber
• The certification connection: licensure ought to guarantee that every classroom comes equipped with a skilled knowledgeable teacher. The new performance standards for teachers are making that possible
  by Mary E. Diez
• Cooking the questions: Phi Delta Kappa's annual poll is regarded as the definitive measure of where Americans stand on education issues. But are its surveys biased and its reporting self-interested?
  by Terry M. Moe
• Randomly accountable: failing to account for natural fluctuations in test scores could undermine the very idea of holding schools accountable for their efforts—or lack thereof
  by Thomas J. Kane
• Correspondence
• Teaching's gatekeepers
• The teach for America evaluation: herewith, the first evidence on its recruits' actual performance in the classroom
  by Margaret Raymond