Winter 2023: Vol. 23, No. 1

5th-grade math teachers Brittney Bentley and Nicole Plowman co-teach a multiplication lesson at Lucy Laney Community School in Minneapolis.

Are Two Teachers Better Than One?

The effect of co-teaching on students with and without disabilities
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School Superintendents Head for the Exits

In big districts, brand-new leaders fill vacancies
Parents protest at a meeting of the Loudoun County School Board in Ashburn, Virginia.

Parental Anxieties over Student Learning Dissipate as Schools Relax Anti-Covid Measures

But parent reports indicate some shift away from district schools to private, charter, and homeschooling alternatives
Book cover of "Confessions of a School Reformer," by Larry Cuban

A Pessimistic View of Public-School Reform

In urban historian Larry Cuban’s view, corporations drive the action
Dave and Amy Carson with their daughter at Bangor Christian Schools in Maine. The Carsons are one of three families that sued Maine over a program that bans families from an otherwise generally available student-aid program if they choose to send their children to schools that teach religion. (Photo by the Institute for Justice www.ij.org.)

In Carson v. Makin, Justices Prolong Death of Blaine Amendments, but Don’t Quite Finish the Job

Supreme Court majority rules that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from tuitioning program

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