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Bum rap: on the debate circuit with Central High.		Sep 22, 2007	1140
Pressure cooker: teens at the top pay a price.		Jun 22, 2007	1336
Blink. Think. Blank. Bunk. Solid snap judgements are deeply grounded.		Mar 22, 2007	1128
The triumph of look-say: dumbing-down reading instruction.		Jan 1, 2007	1238
Battling the progressives: what you don't know will hurt you.	Book review	Sep 22, 2006	1104
Sentences and sensibilities: a famous--and dearly departed--English novelist visits a modern American high school.	Book review	Jun 22, 2006	1115
Muggles, broomsticks, quidditch, and owls that deliver mail: a cast of characters to breathe life--and the magic of good writing--into children's literature.	Book review	Mar 22, 2006	1121
Sex, drugs--and more sex and drugs: the new Adolescent Society.	Book Review	Jan 1, 2006	1070
The scream! Does children's literature have to be scary?	Book Review	Sep 22, 2005	1118
America the unbelievable: a history textbook becomes a national bestseller--ha-ha!	Book Review	Jun 22, 2005	1013
Subordinate clauses without any pauses: why we need a language with some lawses.	Book Review	Mar 22, 2005	1374
Reading, writing, and willpower: getting kids to care.	Book Review	Jan 1, 2005	1295
Selective memory: textbooks whitewash the '60s.	Book Review	Sep 22, 2004	1334
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?		Jan 1, 2004	3788
The test of time: A Nation at Risk was an historic document--for its time. Now we know that while its findings were dead on, its reform agenda relied too much on the existing system. (Feature).		Mar 22, 2003	3742