Table of Contents | April 2006

Editor's Note: Emotional Intelligence

Do emotionally intelligent students have a leg up?

Letters: More Diversity, Please

The Daring Dozen should represent more diversity.

Dispatches: Resilience: At-Risk Youth Possess It; Now Let's Nurture It

In every wounded child, there is a beautiful chord waiting to be played.

Sage Advice: Parent Involvement

How do you keep parents involved in their child's education?

Features

Readers' Survey 2006

We asked. You told. The best! The worst! The unexpected!

Risky Business: Industry Invests in Schools

With the economic future of the U.S. tied to our public education system, business leaders are scrambling to push for change.

Healthier Testing Made Easy: The Idea of Authentic Assessment

Tests don't just measure absorption of facts. They teach what we value.

Cool Schools

Cutting Class: Skipping High School Is OK If You Land at Simon's Rock

The early-college movement thrives at this Massachusetts school.

How to Use College Methods in High School

Try these methods and techniques that have proven successful in engaging young minds and exercising their critical faculties.

Design

With Schools Like These . . . : Who Wants to Graduate?

Chicago's historical -- and modern -- buildings give rise to stunning high schools.

Heart and Soul

Candor in the Class: Looking Back to Go Forward

The Facing History School doesn't sugarcoat our past. It confronts it.

How to Approach Moral Issues in the Classroom

Students want to talk about the truth. Here are some of the best ways for teachers to help them do so.

Muse: Escaping from Virtual Reality: Separating Truth from Fiction

The author encourages us to think before we believe.

Head of Class

Sub Contractor: Advocate for Itinerant Educators

Substitutes' activist makes temporary teachers permanently happy.

Extra Credit: Goodies for the Teacher and Student

Great things for class -- tested in our secret underground labs.

10 Thousand Dollars: It Pays to Be Perfect

School districts offer rewards.

Experiential Learning as a Link to Native American History

Children construct a traditional canoe like those used by indigenous peoples as part of their exploration of the past.

Field Trips: Events for Educators

Places to go, people to see, things to do.

Recess

The Charm of Charleston: Port-Of-Call Your Travel Agent

The "kingdom by the sea" remains enchanting.

Pilates Without Perplexity: Calisthenics For the Core

Relax -- keep breathing.

The Old Soft Shoe: Comfy Kicks to Get You There

Classic footwear with sole.