February 13, 1991

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We have met the enemy, and they is us!" That's the Pogo-like characterization sketched in "Reinventing Local Control" by Chester E. Finn Jr. Commentary, Jan. 23, 1991). Mr. Finn contends, in effect, that people cannot be trusted to govern their own community's public schools.

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Against 'Collaboration': Reading and Writing Are Not Social Acts

Susan Ohanian says that not every aspect of a teacher's job is improved by working in teams.

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