American Educator, Summer 2002

Vol. 26, No. 2

What Television Chases Out of Life

What TV Chases Out of the Classroom

Marie Winn

A Coherent Curriculum

Notebook

Funding Opportunities

The Cascading Benefits of a Common, Coherent Curriculum

A Test Worth Teaching To

The IB's Course Guides and Exams Make a Good Marriage

Robert Rothman

Lost at Sea

Without a Curriculum, Navigating Instruction Can Be Tough—Especially for New Teachers

David Kauffman, Susan Moore Johnson, Susan M. Kardos, Edward Liu, Heather G. Peske

Excerpts from the IB History Exam

Rewarding Requirements: A Closer Look at the IB

Teaching for the Test and the Students

Ask the Cognitive Scientist

Allocating Student Study Time: "Massed" versus "Distributed" Practice

The Benefit to Equity

The Benefit to Subject-Matter Knowledge

The Benefit to Professional Development