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| Features Vol. 47, No. 3 |
| For the Record 107 Charter Schools: Education Reform or Business? by Christopher H. Tienken Charter Schools: Taking a Closer Look 110 by Katrina E. Bulkley Find out how charter schools operate, who attends them, how they are distinctive, and how they are faring academically. High Test Scores: The Wrong Road to National Economic Success 116 by Keith Baker Instead of pursuing the blind alley of raising test scores, researchers must try to understand what it is about schools that really leads to economic success. 21st Century Skills: Prepare Students for the Future 121 by Lotta C. Larson and Teresa Northern Miller Skills students will need for the society in which they will work and live shouldn’t be thought of as “one more thing to teach,” but rather training integrated across all curricula. Interscholastic Sports: A Character-Building Privilege 124 by Angela Lumpkin and Sarah Stokowski High school coaches should teach, model, and reinforce to their athletes that participation in interscholastic sports is a character-building privilege earned by showing respect, playing fair, and striving to win while keeping winning in perspective. |
| Departments Vol. 47, No. 3 |
| Call for Manuscripts 98 In My View 100 Educational Charter Schools: A Civil Rights Mirage? by Erica Frankenberg Around the Globe 129 The Chugakuryoko and Hogan’s Heroes: The Experience Gap between U.S. and Japanese Students’ Knowledge of World War II by Russ Olwell Curriculum Connections 133 Science: A Second Language for ELL Students by Martha L. Nabors and Linda Carol Edwards KDP Out Front 137 The Internationalization of Kappa Delta Pi: Focus on Education in Taiwan Interview by Nathan Bond with Li-Hua Chen and Wendy Wang Book Review 140 Test Less Assess More: A K-8 Guide to Formative Assessment Reviewed by Marcia Griffiths-Prince Telling Stories 141 Professional Investment by Pamela Kay Kimble KDP Convo 2011 142 Conference Information |
