Contents
Acknowledgments?v
Introduction?1
Part I: DREAMS, FANTASIES, AND NIGHTMARES
1.?Kindergarten Readiness?13
2.?College and Career Readiness?20
3.?Reading Proficiency by 3rd Grade?27
4.?The Achievement Gap?34
5.?Social and Emotional Learning?41
6.?Foreign-Language Instruction?52
7.?Educational Technology?60
Part II: OPERATIONAL BUGABOOS
8.?Professional Development?71
9.?Class Size?78
10.?Time?85
11.?Dress and Grooming Codes?93
12.?Teacher Evaluation?99
13.?Gifted and Talented and Exceptional Education?105
Part III: SYSTEMIC AND ANALYTIC CONUNDRUMS
14.?State Standardized Testing?115
15.?Governance by School Board?123
16.?How Teachers Are Paid?131
17.?Meta-Analysis?141
Conclusion?149
References?157
Index?180
About the Authors?185