Volume 19, 2003

November/December 2003 (Volume 19: 6)

“Research I Can Sink My Teeth Into”
Making the research-practice partnership work
by Michael Sadowski

Can Educators and Researchers Really Work Together to Improve Learning?
New report proposes a national plan for education R&D
by Michael Sadowski

Latino Achievement
How to Close the Gap
by Reino Makkonen

Linking Teachers with Technology
Online courses and communities provide ways of delivering professional development and support
by David T. Gordon

September/October 2003 (Volume 19: 5)

How Handhelds Can Change the Classroom
by Cathleen A. Norris and Elliot Soloway

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Teachers
School reforms are destined to fail until teaching becomes a professional career
by Katherine C. Boles and Vivian Troen

Using Authentic Assessment to Raise Student Achievement
One Teacher’s Experiment
by Tambra M. Pope

July/August 2003 (Volume 19: 4)

Aligning District Tests and Curricula with State Requirements
Lessons of a "Model" Program
by Matthew Gandal

Making the Most of Standardized Test Data
by Rebecca Wisniewski

May/June 2003 (Volume 19: 3)

Buying Quality
With budget cuts and layoffs from coast to coast, schools turn to private donations to make up the shortfall
by Andreae Downs

Reading and Writing Across the Grades
New and noteworthy research on language arts
by HEL Staff

The Construction of Low Achievement
A Study of One Detracked Senior English Class
by Joan Kernan Cone

March/April 2003 (Volume 19: 2)

How Racial Identity Affects School Performance
A Harvard professor connects research on race and schooling to his experiences as a student and father
by Pedro A. Noguera

Keeping It Real
How can we transform high school so that students engage in—and not just prepare for—the "real" world?
by Laura Cooper, David Allen, and Steve Newman

Transition Programs for Retained Students
Segregation or Salvation?
by Michael Sadowski

January/February 2003 (Volume 19: 1)

Do Working Mothers Hurt Their Children's Capacity to Learn?
How media reports about learning can oversimplify data—and alarm readers
by Andrew Hrycyna

Teaching
From A Nation at Risk to a Profession at Risk?
by Pam Grossman

The Power—and Limits—of 'Civic Capacity'
Outside organizations bring more than resources to Chicago schools
by Alexander Russo