From the New York Times Magazine, a special issue on technology and education. Educational excellence bites back: American education is far from perfect, but the models abroad aren't much better. How to fix our schools: A manifesto by Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee and other education leaders. Is Michelle Rhee’s revolution over?: When people rebel against education reform. The myth of charter schools: Diane Ravitch on Waiting for “Superman”. Why good study habits may be bad for learning. Schoolwork: Nicholas Lemann on the real education problem. STEM education has little to do with flowers: The letters stand for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, but it has some branding issues — and is it even a brand worth saving? No Child Left Behind has given us a lot of hard numbers — but we still don't know what they're telling us about educational outcomes. Learning by playing video games in the classroom: Can one middle school’s approach transform education? High school bullying is causing four times as many gay teens to kill themselves as their straight peers — so why not just bypass high school? An interview with Bill Smoot, author of Conversations with Great Teachers. Why school lunch is “nasty”: Liam Julian on commodity surpluses and policy shortcomings. Teacher Trap: In the world of education, there's no such thing as a Superman. From National Affairs, does school choice "work"? Frederick Hess investigates. A review of The History of Special Education: A Struggle for Equality in American Public Schools by Robert L. Osgood. Brilliance in a Box: What do the best classrooms in the world look like? A review of Patriotic Pluralism: Americanization Education and European Immigrants by Jeffrey E. Mirel. Is the best way to fix the American classroom to improve the furniture?
