Articles from Education Next (September 22, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A matter of time.	Davis, Jennifer	Letter to the editor	380
An appeal to authority; The New Paternalism in urban schools.	Whitman, David		3685
Arrested development; Online training is the norm in other professions. Why not in K-12 education?	Petrilli, Michael J.		834
Augmented Learning: Research and Design of Mobile Educational Games. Eric Klopfer (MIT Press).		Book review	198
Cash for test scores; The impact of the research Texas Advanced Placement incentive program.	Jackson, C. Kirabo		3822
Charters as a diverse sector.	Welner, Kevin G.	Letter to the editor	401
Disrupting class.	Doyle, Denis P.	Letter to the editor	290
Envelope Frenzy: One Year, Five Promising Students, and the Pursuit of the Ivy League Prize. Joie Jager-Hyman (Harper).		Book review	196
Home schoolers strike back; California case centers on parents' rights.	Dunn, Joshua; Derthick, Martha		710
Homeschool: An American History. Milton Gaither (Palgrave Macmillan).		Book review	201
Out jail and into jobs; Maya Angelou Public Charter School offers hope and an education to kids in trouble.	Forman, James, Jr		3750
Preschool puzzle; As state after state expands pre-K schooling, questions remain.	Besharov, Douglas; Ramey, Craig		4512
Race, Schools, & Hope: African Americans and School Choice after Brown. Lisa M. Stulberg (Teachers College Press).		Book review	189
Reading first.	Lyon, Reid G.	Letter to the editor	335
Relentless Pursuit: A Year in the Trenches with Teach for America. Donna Foote (Alfred A. Knopf).		Book review	333
Scrap the sacrosanct salary schedule; How about more pay for new teachers, less for older ones?	Vigdor, Jacob	Viewpoint essay	3309
Something's Better Than Nothing; Why technology in education doesn't need to be very good.	Glazer, Nathan		1534
The 2008 education next--PEPG survey of public opinion; Americans think less of their schools than of their police departments and post offices.	Howell, William G.; West, Martin R.; Peterson, Paul E.	Survey	7580
The early education of our next president; Not much in public schools.	Meyer, Peter		4118
The Governator.		Letter to the editor	552
The next president had many school choices; Will he provide similar opportunities for others?	Peterson, Paul E.	Editorial	672
What do college students know? By this professor's calculations, math skills have plummeted.	Wilson, Stephen W.		670
Where Did NCLB Come From? The true story of the federal role in education.	Spoehr, Luther	Book review	1087
Wrong numbers.	Brown, Cynthia G.	Letter to the editor	330