American Educator, Spring 2008

Volume 32, no. 1

They Need Clear, Specific Content Too
Another Kind of Bible Study
And New Teachers Like Me Are Falling Through
A Second-Year Teacher
One Man's Modest Proposal for Infusing More Content into the Literacy Block and Making Reading Tests More Equitable
E. D. Hirsch, Jr.
Clear, Specific Content Holds Teaching, Texts, and Tests Together
Heidi Glidden
Focus, Rigor, and Coherence
William H. Schmidt
Up Close, Typical State Biology Standards Don't Have the Content or Coherence of the International Baccalaureate
Paul R. Gross
Core Knowledge Shows How Clear, Specific Content Supports Good Instruction
Child Labor Around the World
David L. Parker