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To Teach Or Not To Teach / Deanna Whitford -- Who's Teaching Our Children? / Susan Tifft -- Commitment Of Public Vital Education / Mary V. Bicouvaris -- Back To The Classroom / Melinda Beck -- Education: Getting What You Pay For / Jack E. White -- A Closer Look At The Shortage Of Minority Teachers / Education Commission Of The States -- The Futures Of Teaching / Linda Darling-hammond -- Questioning Cliches Of Education Reform / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- Parents Are A School's Best Friends / Anne T. Henderson -- A New Generation Of Teacher Unionism / Charles T. Kerchner -- The Professionalizing Of Teaching: A View From The Inside / The Capital Area School Development Association -- Partnerships Between Teachers And Administrators: How They Became We / Albert Shanker -- Accepting Others Values In The Classroom: An Important Difference / Jonathan W. Lambert -- Educating The Children About Race Relations: The Role Of Teachers And Parents / Carol Goodstein --^ Unstated Features Of The Cultural Context Of Learning / Edward T. Hall -- Mission Not Accomplished: Education Reform In Retrospect / Mary Hatwood Futrell -- Urban And Rural Schools Research: Implications For School Governance / Kofi Lomotey And Austin D. Swanson -- Racism And The Education Of Young Children / James P. Comer -- Protecting The Future: A Successful Alternative Program For Dropout Prevention / Larry D. Dorrell -- The New Untouchables / Jonathan Kozol -- Educating Children Of The Homeless / E. Anne Eddowes And John R. Hranitz -- A Cry For Help: Children At Risk / Jane Brooks Moskowitz -- Only The Lonely: The Latchkey Child / Shirley J. O'brien -- A Magnet School For The Creative Arts / Allen Raymond -- Educating Language-minority Children: Challenges And Opportunities / Barbara T. Bowman -- The Styles Of Learning Are Different, But The Teaching Is Just The Same: Suggestions For Teachers Of American Indian Youth / Karen Swisher And Donna Deyhle --^ Computers For Special Populations / Sheila H. Feichtner --