The following articles* from the American Educator,
Fall 2000, are available only as
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files:
Standards are
Working*
By Sandra Feldman
AFT's president looks at the progress of
standards reform and makes some pointed suggestions about what we
should--and should not--do to fix what's wrong.
Swords and Pens
What the Military Can Show Us About Teaching Basic Skills to Young
Adults
By Thomas G. Sticht
How can we help high school students who are falling behind in their
struggle to meet higher standards? A technique for training new recruits,
first used in World War II, looks promising.
At Play with Words
By Kenneth Koch
Providing children with some simple rules and structures and encouraging
them to take chances can result in wonderful poetry.
Prompting Kids To Write*
By Traci Johnson Mathena
How do you get kids to stop worrying and start writing? A middle school
teacher describes a framework that gives inexperienced and nervous writers
the confidence to go ahead.
How To
Establish Writing as a Way of Life*
By Shelley Harwayne
Writing need not be limited to classroom essays. A former middle school
principal talks about how writing can flower when it becomes part of a
school's everyday life.
A Level
Playing Field?*
By
Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd
What We Can Learn from the New Zealand School Reform
A Blackboard's Reflection
The Making of the Albert Shanker Memorial
By Jennie Shanker
Al Shanker's sculptor-daughter talks about choices and decisions she made in
creating the Shanker memorial.
Al Shanker Remembers
In excerpts from interviews that he gave shortly before his death, Al
talks about John Dewey, the appeal of socialism, teaching tough kids--and
much else.
Articles not posted online are available. To request a
copy, please send an e-mail to
amered@aft.org.
