The National Stake in Education

Putting education among the highest priorities What education will future jobs require?

What is the national interest in local education?

What does the public want from schools?

Education is much more than schooling

Is there an estrangement between the generations?

The myth that parenting is not work, and teaching is easy International comparisons of achievement If money is local, can there be a national strategy?

The specter of anti-intellectualism and complacency

Improving the Practice and Quality of Learning

Positive achievements submerged in shrill debate The disconnection between educational research and practice Believing in students helps them believe in themselves Active understanding versus memorization of facts Social reform, not just education reform “Fixing the schools in not the same as fixing the kids” The need for National Standards, and their problems Context standards to be paralleled by performance standards Non-academic factors impinging on learning