Annual Editions : Education 04/05

by SCHULTZ FRED

• ISBN13: 9780072861389
• ISBN10: 007286138X
• Edition: 31st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-14
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This annually updated thirty-first edition is a compilation of interesting articles selected from the best of the public press including magazines, newspapers, and journals that deal with educational issues, such as striving for excellence; managing life in classrooms, cultural diversity and schooling and serving special needs and concerns. Our student Web site provides additional support to this title. Link to: www.dushkin.com/online

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	xiii
Selected World Wide Web Sites	xv
UNIT 1 How Others See Us and How We See Ourselves
Unit Overview	xviii
When I Was Young	2	(2)
John Fetto
Is America Raising Unhealthy Kids?	4	(4)
Denise Willi
The `Re-Engineered' Child	8	(3)
Andrea Petersen
College Isn't for Everyone	11	(4)
W. J. Reeves
More Families Hide Assets to Qualify for Financial Aid	15	(2)
Michelle Higgins
The 35th Annual Phi Delta Kappan/Gallup Poll of the Public Attitudes Toward the Public Schools	17	(19)
Lowell C. Rose
Alec M. Gallup
UNIT 2 Rethinking and Changing the Educative Effort
Unit Overview	34	(2)
Reinventing America's Schools	36	(3)
Tony Wagner
There Is Another Way: A Different Approach to Education Reform	39	(6)
Ben Levin
John Wiens
Kudzu, Rabbits, and School Reform	45	(6)
John I. Goodlad
Four-Day School Week?	51	(2)
Greta Durr
School Choice---Really	53	(1)
Bill Kauffman
Sweeten the Pot for Middle America	54	(3)
Frederick Hess
Last Holdout Against Educational Freedom	57	(5)
Charles Glenn
Jan de Groof
UNIT 3 Striving for Excellence: The Drive for Quality
Unit Overview	60	(2)
Classroom Crisis: It's About Time	62	(3)
Claudia Meek
Needed: Homework Clubs for Young Adolescents Who Struggle With Learning	65	(5)
Joseph Sanacore
A Nation Deceived	70	(2)
Kenneth H. Maurer
April Foolishness: The 20th Anniversary of A Nation at Risk	72	(5)
Gerald W. Bracey
``Of Course It's True; I Saw It On The Internet!'' Critical Thinking in the Internet Era	77	(7)
Leah Graham
Panagiotis Takis Metaxas
UNIT 4 Morality and Values in Education
Unit Overview	82	(2)
Values: The Implicit Curriculum	84	(3)
Linda Inlay
Defeating the ``Hidden Curriculum'': Teaching Political Participation in the Social Studies Classroom	87	(4)
David L. Martinson
Implementing a Character Education Curriculum and Assessing Its Impact on Student Behavior	91	(5)
Cletus R. Bulach
The Missing Virtue: Lessons From Dodge Ball & Aristotle	96	(2)
Gordon Marino
Flunking Statistics	98	(4)
Martin Plissner
UNIT 5 Managing Life in Classrooms
Unit Overview	100	(2)
A Profile of Bullying	102	(6)
Dan Olweus
Bullying---Not Just a Kid Thing	108	(3)
Doug Cooper
Jennie L. Snell
A Positive Learning Environment Approach to Middle School Instruction	111	(6)
Peggy Hester
Robert A. Gable
M. Lee Manning
The Rewards and Restrictions of Recess	117	(5)
Leigh M. O'Brien
Home Front	122	(6)
Lawrence Hardy
UNIT 6 Cultural Diversity and Schooling
Unit Overview	126	(2)
Education Is Critical to Closing the Socioeconomic Gap	128	(4)
Ward Connerly
``He May Mean Good, But He Do So Doggone Poor!''	132	(7)
Jonda C. McNair
Twelve Ways to Have Students Analyze Culture	139	(3)
Lynda R. Wiest
Language Differences or Learning Difficulties	142	(8)
Spencer J. Salend
AltaGracia Salinas
The Evils of Public Schools	150	(4)
Edward G. Rozycki
Can Every Child Learn?	154	(4)
Gary K. Clabaugh
UNIT 7 Serving Special Needs and Concerns
Unit Overview	156	(2)
Challenging the NICHD Reading Research Agenda	158	(5)
Steven L. Strauss
Bridging the Summer Reading Gap	163	(2)
Anne McGill-Franzen
Richard Allington
A Fresh Look at Series Books	165	(3)
Dana Truby
Andy's Right to Privacy in Grading and the Falvo Versus Owasso Public Schools Case	168	(4)
Stephen J. Friedman
Tales of Suburban High	172	(6)
Kay S. Hymowitz
UNIT 8 The Profession of Teaching Today
Unit Overview	176	(2)
What New Teachers Need to Learn	178	(4)
Sharon Feiman-Nemser
The Teacher Shortage: Myth or Reality?	182	(6)
Richard M. Ingersoll
Developing Novice Teachers as Change Agents: Student Teacher Placements ``Against the Grain''	188	(7)
Sheila Lane
Nancy Lacefield-Para-chini
JoAnn Isken
Preparing Teachers for Public Schools: Just More Cannon Fodder?	195	(7)
Edward G. Rozycki
UNIT 9 A Look to the Future
Unit Overview	200	(2)
Dreams of a Livable Future	202	(4)
Paul Hawken
An Emerging Culture	206	(6)
Christopher Bamford
Eric Utne
The Future of Education: Student Options	212	(5)
Irving H. Buchen
Index	217	(3)
Test Your Knowledge Form	220	(1)
Article Rating Form	221