Sex, Lies and Politics Sex, Lies and Politics
Congress is poised to reauthorize fearmongering "abstinence-only" sex ed.
Apr 19, 2001 / Feature / Marjorie Heins
Rainbow School Colors Rainbow School Colors
On March 27, a federal district court struck down the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions plan, ruling that the school's interest in a diverse studen...
Mar 30, 2001 / David Cole
SAT–A Failing Test SAT–A Failing Test
Educators have long known the rap sheet on the SAT, the college entrance exam that millions of young people have taken as a rite of passage for some seventy-five years. Since its ...
Mar 15, 2001 / Peter Sacks
Defining Adequacy Up Defining Adequacy Up
Failing public schools violate state constitutions, new court decisions say.
Feb 23, 2001 / Feature / Peter Schrag
Teaching Test-Taking? Teaching Test-Taking?
The establishment verdict is in: President-elect Bush made an astute choice by tapping Rod Paige, Houston's School Superintendent, to head his Education Department. The New York ...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / Stephen Metcalf
Measures That Mattered Measures That Mattered
As the media obsessed over the seesaw presidential poll, voters across the country quietly made their choices on more than 200 disparate ballot measures and initiatives. For prog...
Nov 10, 2000 / Marc Cooper
School Colors School Colors
How can we respond most effectively to right-wing assaults on the premises of public education? Amy Wilkins: The way that you deal with th
May 18, 2000 / Feature / Luis Garden Acosta, Lisa Delpit, Harold Levy, Adam Urbanski, Deborah Wei, Amy Wilkins, and Herbert Kohl
Racial Justice 101 Racial Justice 101
In a presidential election year, few issues inspire more citizen anguish and less political substance than public education. This year is no exception.
May 18, 2000 / The Editors
The Details of Life The Details of Life
This article is adapted from Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (Crown).
May 3, 2000 / Feature / Jonathan Kozol
The New U The New U
While the public has been napping, the American university has been busily reinventing itself.
Mar 30, 2000 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp