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March 2006 | Volume 63 | Number 6
Marge Scherer
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Roland S. Barth
Let's discuss the elephant in the room: the various ways educators compete with and isolate themselves from one another.
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Mary M. Kennedy
Unpredictable circumstances—from class interruptions to student behavior—influence the quality of teaching.
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Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Although some developments in teacher education programs are promising, several trends are discouraging.
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
How can educators tell whether a teaching practice is worthy?
Jennifer Goldstein and Pedro A. Noguera
How peer review lessens the tensions between teachers and administrators.
Sam M. Intrator and Robert Kunzman
Rekindling teachers' deep sense of purpose is no luxury.
Elliot Eisner
An educator reflects on why he teaches.
Max Malikow
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Cynthia Dagnal Myron
Etta R. Hollins
Study groups for teachers in low-achieving schools boosted both teachers' professionalism and students' reading skills.
Leslye S. Abrutyn
Student interviews reveal ways to improve practice and engage students.
James Bushman
Why walking through classes is a worthwhile exercise in teacher evaluation.
Deborah Waldron
A high school physics teacher enrolls in a 9th grade biology class.
Scott Mandel
Novice teachers want to know: How do I deal with the daily stress?
Bruce J. Biddle and Lawrence J. Saha
Critics say that practitioners rarely use education research. That's not true, these researchers find.
G. Gage Kingsbury
Applying a medical model of research to schools is often a mistake, the author warns.
W. James Popham
Steve Fleischman
Thomas R. Hoerr
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