American Educator, Winter 2014-2015

Volume 38, no. 4

Where We Stand: Worth Fighting For

Randi Weingarten

Restoring Shanker’s Vision for Charter Schools

Richard D. Kahlenberg, Halley Potter

Want to Close the Achievement Gap?

Close the Teaching Gap

Linda Darling-Hammond

The Professional Educator: Pushing Back Against High Stakes for Students with Disabilities

Bianca Tanis

Help-Seekers and Silent Strugglers

Student Problem-Solving in Elementary Classrooms

Jessica Calarco

Studying the Ways Students Get Help with Classwork

Sarah D. Sparks

Beyond the Stacks

How Librarians Support Students and Schools

Joanna Freeman

For Grown-Ups Too

The Surprising Depth and Complexity of Children’s Literature

Seth Lerer

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