Education Next

View more issues:

Articles in Summer, 2003 issue of Education Next

• High-stakes research: the campaign against accountability has brought forth a tide of negative anecdotes and deeply flawed research. Solid analysis reveals a brighter picture - Feature
  by Margaret E. Raymond
• Facade of excellence - Feature
  by Sol Stern
• Study abroad: what TIMSS teaches us - Book Review - Why Schools Matter: A Cross-National Comparison of Curriculum and Learning - Third International Mathematics and Science Study
  by Stephen P. Heyneman
• Locked down - Feature - school choice and educational reform
  by Ronald Brownstein
• Comparable worth: salary data fail to account for the shorter workday and work year in teaching. Once adjusted, teacher salaries look about right - Forum
  by Richard Vedder
• Marginal Impact: time's too short for one kid at a time - Book Review - four books on education
  by Robin J. Lake
• More than just pay: higher salaries will accomplish little without bolder reforms - From the Editors
• Crowd control: an international look at the relationship between class size and student achievement - Research
  by Martin R. West
• Low pay, low quality: for decades the nation has been able to school its children on the cheap by exploiting a trapped workforce of educated women. Those days are long gone - Forum
  by Peter Temin
• The great unknown: does the black-white test-score gap narrow or widen through the school years? It depends on how you measure - Check the Facts - Educational Achievement and Black-White Inequality
  by Jens Ludwig
• Philosopher or king? The ideas and strategy of legendary AFT leader Albert Shanker - Feature
  by Richard D. Kahlenberg
• Security detail: an inside at safety and discipline in the hyperlegalized world of a New York City high school - Feature
  by Marc A. Epstein
• Meet Mr. Shannon: at Bronx Prep, a master teacher shares his expertise - Education Matters to Me
  by Kristin Kearns Jordan
• Correspondence - Letter to the Editor
• Learning to earn: more stringent high-school graduation requirements may reduce students' chances of earning a diploma. But higher standards also improve their ability to find a job - Research
  by Thomas S. Dee
• Are teachers underpaid? It is often said that the nation does not properly value teaching. Is this true? - Forum - Brief Article
• Fringe benefits: there is more to compensation than a teacher's salary - Check the Facts
  by Michael Podgursky