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Articles in Wntr, 2003 issue of Education Next

• The urban education dragon: can the next generation of superintendents tame big-city schools? - From the Editors
• The Philadelphia experiment: the story behind the Philadelphia school district's unprecedented move to turn 20 schools over to for-profit operator Edison Schools - Feature
  by Jay Mathews
• Friendly competition: sleek education management firms are a vital component of the charter school movement, but innovation is more likely from the visionaries who create unique, grassroots charters - Forum
  by Bryan C. Hassel
• High stakes in Chicago: did Chicago's rising test scores reflect genuine academic improvement? - Research
  by Brian Jacob
• The big stick: school reform in Chicago depended on setting standards and promoting systemwide improvement - Feature
  by Kenneth K. Wong
• Charters beset: new obstacles to continuing growth - Forum - Brief Article
• Fanatical secularism: many educators see themselves as called to emancipate their students—a mission that can leave students imprisoned intellectually - Feature
  by Charles L. Glenn
• Political educator: Paul Vallas became the nation's most sought-after superintendent by bringing order and energy to Chicago's moribund school system - Feature
  by Alexander Russo
• Correspondence - letters concerning standards of GED testing, educational accountability - General Educational Development tests - Letter to the Editor
• Choice & freedom: legendary economist Milton Friedman reflects on the idea be spawned half a century ago - Feature - Interview
  by Pearl Rock Kane
• Yellow flag: the charter school movement will need to overcome a raft of political obstacles and high-profile scandals - Forum
  by Bruno V. Manno
• The human capital century: U.S. schools led the world during much of the 20th century. Will they continue to do so? - Research
  by Claudia Goldin
• Reaching the ideal: special education has its problems, but they mainly follow from the failure of schools to comply fully with the law - Forum
  by Rud Turnbull
• Much ado about something: teaching students how to read the classics - Education Matters to Me
  by Carol Jago
• Special needs: how to bring accountability to special education? - Forum - Brief Article
• Lobbying in disguise: the American Federation of Teachers "studies" charter schools - Check the Facts
  by Robert Maranto
• Sisyphean tasks: the reams of paperwork that currently serve as special education's accountability" system distract from the practice of teaching and learning. It is time to focus on results - Forum - focus on special education in the Baltimore, Maryland
  by Patrick J. Wolf
• Investment planning: the role of resources in education - Book Review - Education Matters: Selected Essays
  by Derek Neal