Articles from Education Next (January 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
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.	Ouchi, William G.		3541
Autism and the inclusion mandate: what happens when children with severe disabilities like autism are taught in regular classrooms? Daniel knows.	Dybvik, Ann Christy		3656
Competing visions: President Bush proposes to refocus Head Start on the teaching of academic skills. Should Democrats go along?	Haskins, Ron		3717
Eye of the beholder: private and public schools, close up.	Hill, Paul T.	Book Review	1436
Fiscal indiscipline: why school districts can't downsize.		Brief Article	131
Ignoring advice: the disillusionment of public school politics.	Maranto, Robert		647
Licensing leaders.		Letter to the Editor	588
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.	Bishop, John H.		2667
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 downsize?	Fullerton, Jon		5266
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?	Ravitch, Diane		3788
Still dreaming: the quest for equal opportunity continues.	Galston, William A.	Book Review	1278
Teacher pay.	Lambert, T. Allen	Letter to the Editor	166
The Asian-white gap.	Fellows, Steve	Letter to the Editor	108
The knowledge guild: teachers will learn that industrial-style unionism and genuine professionalism don't mix.	Doyle, Denis P.		2573
The more you have ... Fiscal troubles plague the public schools.		Letter to the Editor	663
The revolving door: a path-breaking study of teachers in Texas reveals that working conditions matter more than salary.	Rivkin, Steven G.		4080
The SAT.	Sireci, Stephen G.	Letter to the Editor	555
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.	Levitt, Steven D.		3676
Vouchers in the courts.	Green, Steven K.	Letter to the Editor	432
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.	Ferrero, David J.		3010