Articles from Education Next (June 22, 2003)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Are teachers underpaid? It is often said that the nation does not properly value teaching. Is this true? (Forum).		Brief Article	81
Comparable worth: salary data fail to account for the shorter workday and work year in teaching. Once adjusted, teacher salaries look about right. (Forum).	Vedder, Richard		3109
Correspondence.		Letter to the Editor	1991
Crowd control: an international look at the relationship between class size and student achievement. (Research).	Woessmann, Ludger		3267
Facade of excellence. (Feature).	Stern, Sol		4221
Fringe benefits: there is more to compensation than a teacher's salary. (Check the Facts).	Podgursky, Michael		4482
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).	Hanushek, Eric A.		4078
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).	Dee, Thomas S.		4008
Locked down. (Feature).	Brownstein, Ronald		3766
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).	Temin, Peter		3105
Marginal Impact: time's too short for one kid at a time. (Book Review).	Lake, Robin J.	Book Review	2376
Meet Mr. Shannon: at Bronx Prep, a master teacher shares his expertise. (Education Matters to Me).	Jordan, Kristin Kearns		619
More than just pay: higher salaries will accomplish little without bolder reforms. (From the Editors).			639
Philosopher or king? The ideas and strategy of legendary AFT leader Albert Shanker. (Feature).	Kahlenberg, Richard D.		3193
Security detail: an inside at safety and discipline in the hyperlegalized world of a New York City high school. (Feature).	Epstein, Marc A.		3442
Study abroad: what TIMSS teaches us. (Book Review).	Heyneman, Stephen P.	Book Review	1029
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).	Ludwig, Jens		2978