On the Cover: EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY
According to John Dewey, schools are the fundamental means for social improvement. The authors of these three articles remind readers that, to fulfill that role properly, schools and the people in them must enjoy freedom and self-determination.
American Democracy at Risk, by Richard Neumann
Democracy and Education: Empowering Students to Make Sense of Their World, by William H. Garrison
Democratic Policy Making and the Arts of Engagement, by Chris W. Gallagher
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FEATURES Focus on Global Education: A Report from the 2007 PDK Summit, by Erin Young |
| The Politics of Knowledge, by Frederick M. Hess |
| The Evolving Relationship Between Researchers and Public Policy, by Jeffrey R. Henig |
| Examining the Incentives in Educational Research, by Dominic J. Brewer and Dan D. Goldhaber |
| Flying (Partially) Blind: School Leaders' Use of Research in Decision Making, by Lance D. Fusarelli |
| A Researcher Encounters the Policy Realm: A Personal Tale, by Richard M. Ingersoll |
| Research and the Reading Wars, by James S. Kim |
| The Translators: The Media and School Choice Research, by Andrew J. Rotherham |
| The Heralded Rise and Neglected Fall of the Massachusetts Signing Bonus, by R. Clarke Fowler |
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Shakespeare's Improbable Journey to Inner Mongolia, by Richard Isenberg |
| What Do Students Think About Inclusion?, by Maury Miller |
| DEPARTMENTS |
| THE EDITOR'S PAGE, A Lot of Talk |
| WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, A New Slant on 'Military Schools,' by Anne C. Lewis |
| STATELINE, Wrap-Up: An Exponential Payoff, by Kathy Christie |
| TECHNOLOGY, Meet the Archos 605, by Royal Van Horn |
| IN CANADA, How Much Diversity in Our Schools?, by Ben Levin |
| RESEARCH, Public Versus Private . . . Again, by Gerald W. Bracey |
| COURTSIDE, Discriminating Decision?, by Perry A. Zirkel |
| WEB WATCH, Math Class and the Real World, by David Fink and Chris Stock |
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