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Articles in Winter, 2004 issue of Education Next

• Fiscal indiscipline: why school districts can't downsize - forum - Brief Article
• The revolving door: a path-breaking study of teachers in Texas reveals that working conditions matter more than salary - research
  by Eric A. Hanushek
• The SAT - correspondence - Letter to the Editor
  by Stephen G. Sireci
• The knowledge guild: teachers will learn that industrial-style unionism and genuine professionalism don't mix
  by Denis P. Doyle
• Licensing leaders - correspondence - Letter to the Editor
• Why choice is good for teachers: traditionalists and progressives coexist warily in today's public schools, creating fragmented institutions with no common ethos. Letting teachers start their own schools may bring an end to the pedagogical holy wars
  by David J. Ferrero
• The Asian-white gap - correspondence - Letter to the Editor
  by Steve Fellows
• To catch a cheat: the pressures of accountability may encourage school personnel to doctor the results from high-stakes tests. Here's how to stop them - Research
  by Brian A. Jacob
• Vouchers in the courts - correspondence - Letter to the Editor
  by Steven K. Green
• Autism and the inclusion mandate: what happens when children with severe disabilities like autism are taught in regular classrooms? Daniel knows
  by Ann Christy Dybvik
• Mounting debt: the long economic boom enabled school districts nationwide to fund expensive reforms and hefty pay raises. Now, however, they are finding it nearly impossible to cut costs and balance their budgets. What makes it so tough for districts to d
  by Jon Fullerton
• Still dreaming: the quest for equal opportunity continues - Book Review
  by William A. Galston
• The more you have … Fiscal troubles plague the public schools - from the editors - Letter to the Editor
• Recycling reforms: the U.S. Department of Education has created an office in charge of funding innovation. Can we avoid the mistakes of the past?
  by Diane Ravitch
• Teacher pay - correspondence - Letter to the Editor
  by T. Allen Lambert
• Money and motivation: other nations elicit better performance from their students through the use of high-stakes graduation exams. Along these same lines, Michigan now links college scholarships to high-school test results
  by John H. Bishop
• Academic freedom: the typical urban school district's personnel and budgeting systems leave principals without much say in hiring teachers or allocating resources. The decentralization movement may just change that - forum
  by William G. Ouchi
• Eye of the beholder: private and public schools, close up - Book Review
  by Paul T. Hill
• Competing visions: President Bush proposes to refocus Head Start on the teaching of academic skills. Should Democrats go along?
  by Ron Haskins
• Ignoring advice: the disillusionment of public school politics - education matters to me
  by Robert Maranto