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RELATED ARTICLE: CALL FOR PAPERS FOR "ISSUES IN EDUCATION" COLUMN
We are asking for articles, commentaries, and essays on controversial topics relating to education. Possible topics to be addressed (among others) include:
* Charter schools
* Zero tolerance policies
* Testing and assessment
* Dichotomy between emphasis on critical thinking and problem-solving and factual-based tests to evaluate teacher performance
* Coverage of large amount of content versus in-depth conceptual understandings
* Year-round schools
* Block scheduling
* Learner-centered or subject-centered middle level schools Full inclusion
* Back to Basics
Papers should be no more than 5 double-spaced, typewritten pages. Please include hard copy as well as disk (Microsoft Word 5.0-6.0 or ASCII/text only).
Submit articles to: Barbara F. Boyd, P.O. Box 187, Riner, VA 24149
Gail Lindsey is a Doctoral Student, Child Development Center, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State.
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