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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 Tomas 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 resruits, 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 schoo'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.
In excerpts from interviews that he gave shortly before his death, Al talks about John Dewey, the appeal of socialism, teacihng tough kids—and much else.
