Magazine: Education Review, Fall 2007
The Public-Private Debate

Learning to Conform

BY FREDRICK KUNKLE  |  
A father reflects on how the drive to test and label students at his daughters' public school has snuffed out freedom and fun.

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The Public-Private Debate

Unreal World

BY PAMELA TOUTANT  |  
A mother believes that, for all their privilege, private school children miss out on the richness of being around kids not so like themselves.

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Aiming For the Middle

BY JAY MATHEWS  |  
A new International Baccalaureate program is raising the game in middle school.

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Is iTunes U For You?

BY JEFFREY SELINGO  |  
Apple has amassed courses via podcasts from schools around the country. The offerings are uneven, but you can't beat the price.

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Crash Course

BY LORI ARATANI  |  
Experts at Stanford University have created a program to help stressed-out students gain perspective -- before they collapse.

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Discussions

Monday, November 5, 12 p.m. ET
Join roundtable about stressed students featuring Denise Clark Pope, a founder of Stanford University's Stressed Out Students (SOS) conferences; Martha Kreeger, a parent member of the Mission San Jose (Calif.) High School team; and Alexandra Robbins, author of "The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids."

Monday, November 5, 2 p.m. ET
Jay Mathews takes questions and comments about the ins and outs of the IB program at Langston Hughes Middle School and the response from parents and educators.

More From the Magazine

Editor's Note
Deputy Editor Sydney Trent with a look behind this issue.

Complete Magazine Contents

Groups

Admissions 101: In this interactive group, Post education writer Jay Mathews and readers trade tips on winning at the college admissions roulette table.

Special Reports

Fixing D.C.'s Schools: Explore The Washington Post's investigative series on why problems at District schools have been so difficult to solve, with multimedia, interactive tools, commentary and more.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS: Randy Mays, Theo Rudnak WEB PRODUCER: Amanda McGrath - washingtonpost.com

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