An eloquent plea to keep the dream of progressive education alive as we ask whom we are serving and why.

From corporate takeovers to the commercialization of the curriculum—schools face an unprecedented attack from market ideology.

When the community is far from being monolithic, how do leaders gain support for schools?

How the Edmonds, Washington, district learned to focus attention on student achievement.

A community relations officer takes readers through a typical day and offers advice to those who work with news organizations.

Call it the power of telephone technology, but the connections with parents are personal.

Impressionable visitors glean many clues from a school's routine practice.

Before vouchers can be feasible, proponents need to answer some questions about capacity and accountability.

Private schools don't follow the same rules as public schools, this author contends.

Education management organizations will soon be operating in almost every state. What can we learn from them? What should we question?

In Arizona, antibureaucratic leanings and a belief in a competitive market system are driving the charter schools legislation.

Although charter schools in western Michigan receive state funding for transportation and special education, few actually provide the services, these researchers found.

Charter schools can be forums for public debate and collective decision making. A school called City on the Hill is just one example.

What began as a free-form alternative school has changed with the times, but its students still come first.

The head of England's chief curriculum department describes the benefits and challenges that a national curriculum poses for students and educators.

An analysis of the IDEA and three major court cases points to four themes that schools must adhere to when implementing inclusion.

A reminder that students with special needs require individualized attention and a specialized support system.

The vision is to go beyond a dual system toward a truly integrated one that serves all students.