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October 2008 | Volume 66 | Number 2
Marge Scherer
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William Damon
Do your students have a purpose for pursuing excellence?
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Robert J. Sternberg
If we focus on the few—whether the high, the low, or the middle—we are not likely to attain our highest goals.
Tony Wagner
Twenty-first-century criteria must frame the reform agenda.
Susan K. Sclafani
Singapore and Finland have the world's top academic scores, yet they take widely different paths to high achievement.
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Thomas Toch
Teacher evaluations are powerful catalysts for teacher and school improvement.
Linda Conlon
This high school offers enrichment and flexibility to all its students.
Andreas Schleicher and Vivien Stewart
From a global perspective, which standards are most often the drivers of quality?
Linda Nathan
Will the new history assessments in Massachusetts obliterate outstanding humanities classes?
Andrew Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley
Why we need better and bolder school policies.
Ledyard McFadden
New York expands its progress report to consider not only student performance but also school environment.
Katie Goodman Le and Carol L. DeFilippo
Excellence can start with a poem.
Patricia L. Scriffiny
Why report cards should abandon the point system.
Kurtis Hewson and Lorna Adrian
How a school creates urgency to improve instruction for poor readers.
Deborah Thurlow Long, Darris Means and Kim Pyne
A partnership boosts students' chances of becoming first-generation college graduates.
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Thomas R. Hoerr
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Four actions to ensure successful merit-pay plans.
David T. Conley
Dimensions of college readiness that every student needs.
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