Features

• The Uneasy Coexistence of High Stakes and Developmental Practice

  by DONNA HARRINGTON-LUEKER

  As states demand greater accountability for performance even in the earliest grades, educators wonder what will become of their efforts to link child development and readiness to learn. Donna Harrington-Lueker is a free-lance education writer in Newport, R.I.

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• Prepackaged School Reform

  by JAY MATHEWS

  Do highly scripted curricular programs, such as Success for All and Direct Instruction, stymie teacher initiative and poison staff morale? Jay Mathews is an education writer with The Washington Post.read more | purchase issue
• Preschool in the Public Schools

  by KIMBERLY REEVES

  Space and funding for prekindergarten programs remains elusive, but some school districts find willing partners in Head Start and social service agencies. Kimberly Reeves is a free-lance education writer in Houston.read more | purchase issue
• On Foreign Turf: Pre-K in Public Schools

  by LEONARD J. LUBINSKY

  A longtime superintendent describes how he overcame skepticism to establish preschool programs in his district. Leonard Lubinsky is executive director of the Northeast Foundation for Children, Greenfield, Mass.read more | purchase issue
• In the Loop

  by JIM GRANT, IRV RICHARDSON AND CHAR FORSTEN

  Proponents find much to like about the practice of keeping a teacher with the same students for two or more years. Jim Grant is executive director of The Society For Developmental Education, Peterborough, N.H. Irv Richardson is associate executive director and Char Forsten is national program director at the same organization.read more | purchase issue