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Preface	p. iv
Topic Guide	p. xii
Internet References	p. xv
Unit 1 How Others See Us and How We See Ourselves
Unit Overview	p. xviii
1 The Biology of Risk Taking, April 2005	p. 3
2 Parents Behaving Badly, February 21, 2005	p. 7
3 Metaphors of Hope, December 2004	p. 13
4 Pell Grants Vs. Advanced Placement, September 2004	p. 17
5 How Smart Is AP?, November 8, 2004	p. 19
6 Sobriety Tests Are Becoming Part of the School Day, March 3, 2005	p. 21
7 Spinning the Message on NCLB, December 2004	p. 23
8 Choice Struggles On, October 11, 2004	p. 25
9 The 36th Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, September 2004	p. 27
Unit 2 Rethinking and Changing the Educative Effort
Unit Overview	p. 38
10 Tradeoffs, Societal Values, and School Reform, April 2005	p. 41
11 Teaching Against Idiocy, January 2005	p. 47
12 School Accountability: An Alternative to Testing, July/August 2004	p. 53
13 Distance Education in High Schools, January/February 2005	p. 58
Unit 3 Striving for Excellence: The Drive for Quality
Unit Overview	p. 62
14 How Schools Sustain Success, February 2005	p. 65
15 A Case for School Connectedness, April 2005	p. 69
16 No Child Left Behind: The Illusion of School Choice, November 2004	p. 72
17 Charters "Yes!" Vouchers "No!", Winter 2005	p. 76
18 Intuitive Test Theory, March 2005	p. 83
19 No Flower Shall Wither; or, Horticulture in the Kingdom of the Frogs, Winter 2004	p. 91
20 Why Students Think They Understand-When They Don't, Winter 2003/2004	p. 93
Unit 4 Morality and Values in Education
Unit Overview	p. 98
21 Seven Worlds of Moral Education, March 2005	p. 101
22 Pathways to Reform: Start with Values, February 2005	p. 109
23 The Employment of Ethical Decision-Making Frameworks in Educational Change, Vol. 2, No. 2	p. 114
24 The Missing Virtue: Lessons From Dodge Ball & Aristotle, April 25, 2003	p. 116
Unit 5 Managing Life in Classrooms
Unit Overview	p. 118
25 The Key to Classroom Management, 2003-2004	p. 121
26 Reach Them to Teach Them, April 2005	p. 126
27 Dealing with Rumors, Secrets, and Lies: Tools of Aggression for Middle School Girls, January 2005	p. 130
28 Heading Off Disruptive Behavior, Winter 2003/2004	p. 137
29 True Blue, Spring 2004	p. 148
Unit 6 Cultural Diversity and Schooling
Unit Overview	p. 150
30 Brown at 50, April 2004	p. 153
31 Learning to Teach in Urban Settings, 2004	p. 155
32 Challenging Assumptions About the Achievement Gap, April 2005	p. 160
33 The Challenge of Diversity and Choice, Winter 2005	p. 164
Unit 7 Serving Special Needs and Concerns
Unit Overview	p. 168
34 Rethinking Inclusion: Schoolwide Applications, March 2005	p. 170
35 Self-Efficacy: A Key to Improving the Motivation of Struggling Learners, July/August 2004	p. 177
36 Vouchers For Parents: New Forms of Education Funding, July/August 2004	p. 186
Unit 8 The Profession of Teaching Today
Unit Overview	p. 190
37 First-Year Teaching Assignments: A Descriptive Analysis, November/December 2004	p. 193
38 Nuturing Passionate Teachers: Making Our Work Transparent, Fall 2004	p. 199
39 Becoming a Teacher as a Hero's Journey: Using Metaphor in Preservice Teacher Education, Winter 2005	p. 203
Unit 9 For Vision and Hope: Alternative Visions of Reality
Unit Overview	p. 212
40 Building a Community of Hope, May 2004	p. 214
41 Mission and Vision in Education, Winter 2004	p. 218
42 Beyond the Book, January/February 2005	p. 221
43 An Emerging Culture, May/June 2003	p. 227
Index	p. 233
Test Your Knowledge Form	p. 236
Article Rating Form	p. 237