RS 21/7/200 Merle Prater Educational Library

Descriptive summary

creator:	Prater, Merle P. (1922- )
title:	Papers
dates:	1953-2007, n.d.
extent:	9.22 linear ft. (16 document boxes, 4 card boxes)
collection number:	RS 21/7/200
repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	Merle P. Prater Papers, RS 21/7/200, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

Merle P. Prater was born June 4, 1922 and raised in Webster City, Iowa. He went to Webster City Community College (1940) for one year prior to attending Iowa State College (University), where he received a B.S. (1944) in electrical engineering. While at Iowa State, he was a member of the U.S. Army Reserves and later transferred to the U.S. Naval V-12 training program. After graduation, he was sent to Columbia University for officer training, where he graduated as an Ensign (1945) in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Prater served as the communications officer (1945-1946) aboard the U.S.S. Neville transporting army, navy, and marine personnel from the Western Pacific to the United States. He was discharged from active duty in 1946. He remained in the Naval Reserve until 1954.

Prater was hired by IBM (1946-1971) to do electrical and mechanical design and equipment testing. Later, he became an IBM consultant on engineering problems with marketing groups, and was promoted to Development Engineer where he developed the first use of the magnetic stripe "cash card" ticket for San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

In 1971, a national economic downturn forced IBM to reduce their staff, which allowed Prater, on a voluntary basis, to explore an interest in forestry. He received a B.S. (1974) in Forest Management and an M.S. (1977) in Environment and Education from Washington State University. His master's thesis focused on the Ragged Ridge Center for Outdoor Educational Opportunities, 720 acres of land that Prater was designated to develop for outdoor education by Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington. While Director (1973-1977) of the Center, he created a curriculum manual for the Center, which featured over 200 interdisciplinary student exercises. In 1975, the Ragged Ridge Center received the National Environmental Study Area designation from the National Park Service. Due to financial difficulties, Whitworth College traded Ragged Ridge to the Inland Empire Paper Company for land in the Spokane Valley. After leaving Ragged Ridge, Prater accepted a position (1977-1979) with the Bovay Engineering (Spokane, Washington) to help them establish a water system for the Colville Indian Reservation.

In 1979, Prater established his own firm called Diversified Systems Development; the name was later changed to Integrative Educational Systems (IES). The firm dealt with environmental educational applications learned by Prater during his experiences at Whitworth College and applied this knowledge to be presented to upper elementary school children. IES was about linking courses such as social studies, language, science, and math, and teaching them in a way that allowed students to experience the connections between subject areas. This approach was called "INTEREX," a combination of "interdisciplinary" and "experiential."

Prater earned a Ph.D. (1984) from Gonzaga University in their Educational Leadership program, later called Doctoral Program in Leadership.

Prater married Elsie Jansen on March 10, 1945. They have four children: Jeffrey, Tom, Steven, and Nancy. Prater currently lives in Ames, Iowa.

Index: Categories, Issues, Titles, Authors and Years

Books and Periodicals in the

Merle P. Prater, PhD. Educational Library, February 2006

Books

1. Assessment/Testing

Constructing Achievement Tests, 3^rd Edition	Norman Gronland	1982	LB3051 G898c
New Directions for Program Evaluation	Samuel Ball, ed.	1981
A Practical Guide to Alternative Assessment	Joan Hermen et al	1992	LB3051 .H45 1992

2. Biological and Intellectual Functions

Essays on the Intellect	Frances Link, ed.	1985	BF431 E85x, 1985
Lateral Thinking	Edward deBono	1973
Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain	Renate and Geoffrey Caine	1991	LB1057 .C33 1991

3. Curriculum Elements

Integrating the Language Arts in the Elementary School	Beverly Busching and Judith Swartz	1983	LB1576 .I66 1983
Interdisciplinary Curriculum: Design and Implementation	Heidi Hayes Jacobs, ed.	1989	LB2806.15 I57 1989
The Lore of Large Numbers	Philip Davis	1961	QA241 .D296L
Matters of Feeling: Values Education Reconsidered	Joseph Junell	1979	LC268 J86 1979
Teaching Elementary Science: Who's Afraid of Spiders	Selma Wassermann and J. W. George Ivany	1988
Thinking through Language: A Teacher's Guide	National Council of Teachers of English re. John Bushman	1985

4. Environmental Education

Ecology, Environment, and Education	R. Thomas Tanner	1974
Environmental Education: Guidelines and Activities for Teachers	S. Audean Allman et al	1976
Environmental Living Program (Cultural Ecology Exercise Booklets)	U. S. National Park Service	1974
A System Approach to the Development of a Wildland Setting and Associated Program for Environmental Education (MS Thesis)	Merle Prater	1977

Note:

1. The Merle Prater Interdisciplinary Collection of Environmental Education Materials were donated October 28, 2002, to the Story County Conservation Board, McFarland Park Environmental Library, 56451, 180^th St. Story County, Iowa

2. The ten volumes of the Merle Prater Ragged Ridge Center for Outdoor Educational Opportunities: A National Environmental Study Area Project, 1973-1977, operational/curriculum materials were donated on January 2, 1998, to the Harriet Cheney Cowles Memorial Library Archives, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA, 99251

5. Experiential Learning

Learning Opportunities Beyond the School	Barbara Hatcher, ed.	1987
Urban Education: The City as a Living Curriculum	Claude Mayberry, ed.	1980

6. "Future" Thoughts/ Concerns/Education in America

America 2000: An Education Strategy	U. S. Department of Education, re: President Herbert Walker Bush/ Lamar Alexander, Secretary of Education	1991	LC89 A7 1991
Breaking New Ground: Reflections on the School-University Partnerships in the National Network for educational Renewal	Carol Wilson et al	1989
The Condition of Education 1997	National Center for Educational Statistics, U. S. Department of Education	1997	L112 N377
Education and Work for the Year 2000: Choices We Face	Arthur Wirth	1992	LC66 .W57 1992
The Future of Education: 1975-2000	Theodore Hipple, ed.	1974	LB41 .H663
Steady Work: Policy, Practice, and the Reform of American Education	Richard Elmore and MIlbrey Wallen McLaughlin	1988	Q1 R15r no.3574

7. Philosophies About Education and Educating

Better Schooling for the Children of Poverty: Alternatives to Conventional Wisdom	Michael Knapp and Patrick Shields, eds.	1991	LC4091 .B48 1991
Challenges and Achievements of American Education (The 1993 ASCD Yearbook)	Gordon Cawelti, ed.	1993	LB2804 A8 1993
Change in Schools: Facilitating the Process	Gene Hall and Shirley Hord	1987	LB2822.82 .H35 1987
Choice in Education: Potential and Problems	William Boyd and Herbert Walberg, eds.	1990
Education on Trial: Strategies for the Future	William Johnston, ed.	1985	LA210 .E447 1985
Life in Classrooms	Philip Jackson	1990	LB1555 .J27 1990
The Middle School in Profile: A Day in the Seventh Grade	John Lounsbury, et al	1980
No Limits to Learning: Bridging the Human Gap	James Botkin, et al	1979	HM101 .B655 1979
Youth: Transition to Adulthood: Report of the Panel on Youth of the President's Science Committee	James Coleman, Chair	1974	HQ793 .U57 1973
The Closing of the American Mind	Allan Bloom	1987	E169.1 .B653 1987
Horace's Compromise	Theodore Sizer	1985	LA222 .S54 1984

8. School Administration

How to Change to a Nongraded School	Madellin Hunter	1992
Instructional Leadership: How Principals Make a Difference	Wilma Smith and Richard Andrews	1989	LB2831.9 .S64 1989
One School at a Time: School Based Management—A Process for Change	Carl Marburger	1985	LB2805 .M27 1985
Teaching and Learning in the Elementary School 2^nd Edition	John Jarolimek and Clifford Foster	1981	LB1555 .J34 1981
Schools of Quality: An Introduction to Total Quality Management in Education	John Bossting	1992	LB2805 .B65 1992
The Superintendent's Leadership in School Reform	Doroth Wissler and Flora Oritz	1988
Why Teachers Fail	John Lembo	1971	LB1025.2 .L45
Fast Forward: Transforming Learning in Wisconsin: ASCD, Fall 1992		1992

9. Schools and Educational Structure

The State of the Nation's Public Schools: A Conference Report	Stanley Elam, ed.	1993	LA210 S69 1993
Successful School Restructuring: A Report to the Public and Educators by the Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools	Fred Newmann and Gary Wehlage	1995

10. Teaching/Learning Processes

A Different Kind of Classroom: Teaching with Dimensions of Learning	Robert Marzano	1992	LB1025.3 .M34 1992
Humanizing the School	Ryland Crary	1969	LB885 .C853h
Improving Teaching: 1986 ASCD Yearbook	Karen Zumwalt, ed.	1986	LB2804 A8 1986
Issues in Education: Hard Work and High Expectations—Motivating Students to Learn	Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U. S. Department of Education/ Tommy Tomlinson, Programs for Improvement of Practice
Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Middle Grades	Gordon Vars	1990
It's Elementary!: Elementary Grades Task Force Report	California Department of Education/ Yvette del Prado, Chairperson	1992	LA243 .I87 1992
The Last Straw: A Handbook of Solutions to School Behavior Problems	Cristina Volmann	1978
Marching to Different Drummers (about styles of teaching)	Pat Guild and Steven Garger	1985	LB1060 .G85 1985

Cover note: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

Henry David Thoreau

Motivating Students to Learn: Overcoming Barriers to High Achievement	National Society for the Study of Education/ Tommy Tomlinson, ed.	1993	LB1065 M668x, 1993
Moving Toward Self-directed Learning: Highlights of Relevant Research and of Promising Practices	Delmo Della-Dora and Lois Jerry Blanchard, eds.	1979	LB1049 .M69
Social Models of Teaching: Expanding your Teaching Repertoire	Marsha Weil and Bruce Joyce	1978	LB1715 .W369 1978
The Sociology of Teaching	Willard Waller	1932	LC189 .W156s
Teacher Leadership: Contributions to Improved Practices	Puget Sound Educational Consortium Teacher Leaders/ re: Ann Lieberman	1989
Teaching Practice Plus ca Change	National center for Research on Teacher Education/ David Cohen	1988
Teaching and Learning in the Elementary School 2^nd Edition	John Jarolimek and Clifford Foster	1981	LB1555 .J34 1981

Volumes and Themes of the 1987-1999 National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE)

NSSE Books

1987	Vol. 86.1, Part 1	The Ecology of School Renewal	Editor: John Goodlad, University of Washington	L11 N217y v.86 pt.1
1987	Vol. 86.2, Part 2	Society as Educator in an Age of Transition	Editors: Kenneth R. Benne, Temple University and Steven Tozer, University of Illinois	L11 N217y v.86 pt.2
1988	Vol. 87.1, Part 1	Critical Issues in Education	Editor: Laurel N. Tanner
1988	Vol. 87.2, Part 2	Cultural Literacy and the Idea of General Education	Editors: Ian Westbury, University of Illinois an dAlan C. Purvis, State University of New York, Albany	L11 N217y v.87 pt.2
1989	Vol. 88.1, Part 1	From Socrates to Software: The Teacher as Text and the Text as Teacher	Editors: Philip W. Jackson, University of Chicago and Sopie Haroutunian-Gordan, University of Chicago	L11 N217y v.88 pt.1
1989	Vol. 88.2, Part 2	Schooling and Disability	Editors: Douglas B. Biklen, Syracuse University; Dianne Ferguson, University of Oregon; and Alison Ford, Syracuse University	L11 N217y v.88 pt.2
1990	Vol. 89.1, Part 1	Textbooks and Schooling in the United States	Editors: David L. Elliott, Educational Materials Associates, Berkeley, CA and Arthur Woodward, University of Rochester	L11 N217y v.89 pt.1
1990	Vol. 89.2, Part 2	Educational Leadership and Changing Contexts of Families, Communities, and Schools	Editors: Brad Mitchell, Ohio State University and Luvern L. Cunningham, Ohio State University. Illinois	L11 N217y v.89 pt.2
1991	Vol. 90.1, Part 1	The Care and Education of America's Young Children: Obstacles and Opportunities	Editor: Sharon Lynn Kaga, Yale University	L11 N217y v.90 pt.1
1991	Vol. 90.2, Part 2	Evaluation and Education at Quarter Century	Editors: Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Stanford University and D. C. Phillips, Stanford University	L11 N217y v.90 pt.2
1992	Vol. 91.1, Part 1	The Changing Contexts of Teaching	Editor: Ann Lieberman, Columbia University	L11 N217y v.91 pt.1
1992	Vol. 91.2, Part 2	The Arts, Education, and Aesthetic Knowing	Editors: Bennett Reimer, Northwestern University and Ralph A. Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois	L11 N217y v.91 pt.2
1993	Vol. 92.1, Part 1	Gender and Education	Editors: Sari Knoff Biklen, Syracuse University and Diane Pollard, University of Wisconsin	L11 N217y v.92 pt.1
1993	Vol. 92.2, Part 2	Bilingual Education: Politics, Practice, and Research	Editors: M. Beatriz Aria, Arizona State University and Ursula Casanova, Arizona State University	L11 N217y v.92 pt.2
1994	Vol. 93.1, Part 1	Teacher Research and Educational Reform	Editors: Sandra Hollingsworth, Michigan State University and Hugh t. Scoot, George Mason Unviersity	L11 N217y v.93 pt.1
1994	Vol. 93.2, Part 2	Bloom's Taxonomy: A Forty-year Retrospective	Editors: Lorin W. Anderson, University of South Carolina and Laren A. Sosniak, Washington University	L11 N217y v.93 pt.2
1995	Vol. 94.1, Part 1	Creating New Educational Communities	Editors: Jeannie Oakes, University of California, Los Angeles and Karen Hunter, University of California, Los Angeles	L11 N217y v.94 pt.1
1995	94.2, Part 2	Changing Populations/ Changing Schools	Editors: Erwin Flaxman, Columbia University and A. Harry Passow, Columbia University	L11 N217y v.94 pt.2
1996	Vol. 95.1, Part 1	Performance Based Student Assessment: Challenges and Possibilities	Editors: Joan Boykoff Baron, Connecticut Department of Education and Dennie Palmer Wolf, Harvard University	L11 N217y v.95 pt.1
1996	Vol. 95.2, Part 2	Technology and the Future of Schooling	Editor: Stephen T. Kerr, University of Washington	L11 N217y v.95 pt.2
1997	Vol. 96.1, Part 1	(Volume missing from the collection)
1997	Vol. 96.2, Part 2	(Volume missing from the collection)
1998	Vol. 97.1, Part 1	The Adolescent Years: Social Influences and Educational Challenges	Editors: Kathryn Borman, University of South Florida and Barbara Schneider, University of Chicago	L11 N217y v.97 pt.1
1998	Vol. 97.2, Part 2	The Reading-Writing Connection	Nancy Nelson, Louisiana State University and Robert C. Calfee, Stanford University	L11 N217y v.97 pt.2
1999	Vol. 98.1, Part 1	The Education of Teachers	Editor: Gary Griffin, Columbia University	L11 N217y v.98 pt.1
1999	Vol. 98.2, Part 2	Issues in Curriculum: A Selection of Chapters from Past NSSE Yearbooks	Editors: Margaret J. Early, University of Florida and Kenneth J. Rehage, University of Chicago	L11 N217y v.98 pt.2

Educational Leadership: Journal of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) (L11 Ed836)

Executive Editor: Ronald S. Brandt

October 1985	The Search for Solutions to the Testing Problem
December 1985/January 1986	The Schools Role in Developing Character
February 1986	Collaboration for Change
March 1986	Empowering Teachers and Students through Technology
April 1986	Teaching Basic Skills: Insight from Creative Change
May 1986	Frameworks for Teaching Thinking
June 1986	Not published
July 1986	Not published
August 1986	Not published
September 1986	Taking Charge of School Reform
October 1986	The Expert Teacher: A Conversation with David Berliner
November 1986	The Young Child and School
December 1986/January 1987	Curriculum Development in the U. S. and the World
February 1987	Staff Development through Coaching
March 1987	Improving Learning Conditions for Students at Risk
April 1987	Progress in Evaluating Teachers
May 1987	Religion in the Public Schools
June 1987	Not published
July 1987	Not published
August 1987	Not published
September 1987	Using the Research on Principal Leadership
October 1987	Toward More Productive Teaching
November 1987	Collegial Learning (school and classroom cooperative principles)
December 1987/January 1988	A New Design for Education in the Arts
February 1988	Restructuring Schools to Match a Changing Society (exceptional issue with names such as Ann Lieberman, John Goodlad, Elliot Eisner, Ted Sizer, Darling Hammond, and others
March 1988	Helping Youngsters Cope with Life
April 1988	Teaching Thinking throughout the Curriculum
May 1988	Schools Parents and Values
June 1988	Not published
July 1988	Not published
August 1988	Not published
September 1988	What Should Schools Teach? (e.g. Ernest Boyer)
October 1988	Organizing for Results (cooperative learning, etc.)
November 1988	On Educating Immigrant Children: The Academy's (i.e., Academic's) Contribution to the Impoverishment of America's Textbooks
December 1988	Pathways to Success for the Forgotten Half
January 1989	The New Research on Learning
February 1989	Dealing with Diversity: At Risk students
March 1989	Dealing with Diversity: ability, gender, and style differences
April 1989	Redirecting Assessment
May 1989	Redefining Supervision
June 1989	Not published
July 1989	Not published
August 1989	Not published
September 1989	Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrows World
October 1989	Strengthening Partnerships with Parents and Community
November 1989	What Schools Can Do About What Students Don't Know
December 1989/ January 1990	Cooperative Learning
February 1990	Making Connections
March 1990	Reading and Writing
April 1990	Restructuring: What is it?
May 1990	Creating a Culture for Change
June 1990	Not published
July 1990	Not published
August 1990	Not published
September 1990	Student Success
October 1990	Learning Styled and the Brain
November 1990	Social Responsibility
December 1990/ January 1991	Schools of Choice
February 1991	The Quest for Higher Standards
March 1991	The Reflective Educator
April 1991	Strategic Planning
May 1991	Restructuring Schools: What's Really Happening
June 1991	Not published
July 1991	Not published
August 1991	Not published
September 1991	New Generation New Challenges
October 1991	Integrating the New Curriculum
November 1991	The Making of a Teacher: Teacher Education and Professional Development
December 1991/ January 1992	Whose Culture (of ethnicity)

No Educational Leadership issues are in this collection from February 1992 to September 1995

October 1995	Creating a Climate for Learning
November 1995	Productive Use of Time and Space
December 1995/ January 1996	Site-Based Management: Making it Work
February 1996	Students with Special Needs
March 1996	Improving Professional Performance
April 1996	Working Constructively with Families
May 1996	Exemplary Curriculums
June 1996	Not published
July 1996	Not published
August 1996	Not published
September 1996	Creating a Climate for Learning
October 1996	New Options for Public Education
November 1996	Networking!
December 1996/ January 1997	Teaching for Authentic Student Performance
February 1997	Issue missing from the collection

Executive Editor: Margaret M. Scheer

March 1997	How Children Learn
April 1997	The Changing Lives of Children
May 1997	Social and Emotional Learning

PHI DELTA KAPPAN: Journal of PHI DELTA KAPPAN (L11 P53)

Editor: Robert W. Cole

December 1985	Being Unspecial in the Shopping Mall High School; Special Selection—Women in School Administration
January 1986	Refueling Education Reform
February 1986	The Influence of Teachers; Preventing Alienation
March 1986	Terrel Bell: An Insider's View of the Reagan Administration; Women in Education (by guest editor)
April 1986	The Changing Face of Teachers; State-Sponsored School Improvement
May 1986	Miseducation of Young Children; Athletics and Academics
June 1986	The Teacher Shortage
July 1986	Not published
August 1986	Not published
September 1986	Persistent Instruction Revisited; Carnegie and Homes Group Reports; The 18^th Annual Gallup Poll
October 1986	B. F. Skinner: Programmed Learning Revisited; Improving Productivity in Teaching; Special Section: Secretary of Education, William Bennett
November 1986	The Prospects for Children in the U. S.; The National Governor's Report of Education
December 1986	Revamping the Ivory Tower
January 1987	Education Abroad; School/Business Partnerships
February 1987	Reading; Teaching Thinking Skills
March 1987	Education Reform in Wonderland; KAPPAN Poll of High School students; Home Schooling Update
April 1987	The Need for a New Child Resource Policy
May 1987	REACHING THE UNREACHABLE: A Conversation with William Glasser
June 1987	Teen Pregnancy: An Issue for Schools; School Choice
July 1987	Not published
August 1987	Not published
September 1987	Bureaucracy and the Neutering of Teachers: The 19^th Annual Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
October 1987	Economic Competitiveness: The Sputnik of the ‘80s; Making Chapter 1 a Difference; Business School Partnerships
November 1987	Special Section: Literacy
December 1987	Issues missing from the collection
January 1988	Legislated Learning Revisited: Special Report on AIDS

New Editor: Pauline Gough

February 1988	A Report of Non-College-Bound Youth in America
March 1988	A Blueprint for Empowering Teachers
April 1988	American History Textbooks; Student's Knowledge of History and Literature
May 1988	Gene I. Maeroff on Big-City Schools
June 1988	Not published
July 1988	Not published
August 1988	Not published
September 1988	*The 20^th Annual Gallup Poll:* Technology in Education
October 1988	Special Election Issue: Michael Dukakis/ George Bush
November 1988	On Educating Immigrant Children; The Academy's (i.e., Academic's) Contribution to the Impoverishment of America's Textbooks
December 1988	Pathways to Success for the Forgotten Half
January 1989	Overselling Literacy; Education Coverage by the Press
February 1989	Early Care and Education
March 1989	The New Wave of School Reform: Lessons from the States
April 1989	AIDS: Learning the Hard Lessons
May 1989	Early Childhood Policy; American Youth Today; Testing
June 1989	Riding the Pendulum of Education Change; 2^nd Gallup/ PHI DELTA KAPPA Teacher Poll
July 1989	Not published
August 1989	Not published
September 1989	Looking Back on Education Reform; The 21^st Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
October 1989	Early Care and Education: Reflection on Options and Opportunities
November 1989	The Many Keys to Literacy
December 1989	The Politics of School Restructuring
January 1990	Reshaping our Schools; Special Report: Education in Videoland
February 1990	The Quality School: What Motivates the Ants?
March 1990	A Close Look at a Good Middle School
April 1990	The Biggest Reform of All; Special Report: Racism
May 1990	Hands-on/Minds-on Makin Science Accessible; Preliminary Findings from the Study of the Education of Educators
June 1990	Children of Poverty
July 1990	Not published
August 1990	Not published
September 1990	Special: School Desegregation
October 1990	Learning in a Wired Nation: Bringing the Schools On-Line
November 1990	Final Report: Study of the Education of Educators with Responses from Five Teacher Educators
December 1990	The National Goals — Putting Education Back on the Road

No PHI DELTA KAPPAN issues are in this collection from January 1991 to December 1994

January 1995	Expanding the Educational Conversation; Special Report: Youth Violence
February 1995	Issue missing from the collection
March 1995	Sexual Abuse of Students by Staff; Special Report: The American Family
April 1995	Let's Declare Education a Disaster and Get on with our Lives
May 1995	Youth and Caring
June 1995	Special Section on Standards
July 1995	Not published
August 1995	Not published
September 1995	School and Family in the Postmodern World; The 27^th Annual PHI DELTA KAPPAN/ Gallup Poll;* Special Report: Studies in Education Reform*
October 1995	Special Report: Rural Schools
November 1995	Howard Gardner on MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES; Special Report: Sexual Harassment in our Schools
December 1995	Race, Testing, and I. Q.; Special: Inclusion
January 1996	How I Confronted HSPS (Hyperactive Superficial Principal Syndrome); Living a Teacher's Life
February 1996	School Reform in the Information Age
March 1996	Professional Development and School Reform
April 1996	Special: School-to-Work Transition
May 1996	Service Learning — In Service of What?
June 1996	Reforming the Wannabe Reformers: Why Education Reforms Almost Always End Up Making Things Worse
July 1996	Not published
August 1996	Not published
September 1996	Travels without Charley (A dot; on skeptical attitudes toward public education); The 28^th Annual Gallup Poll
October 1996	A Lesson in Misguided Reform; The Clinton and Dole Position on Education
November 1996	Quality Teaching for the 21^st Century