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Summer 2005 California Schools cover - Endless Summer

The end of the endless summer

Modern kids aren’t collecting memories of lazy days, biking around town or organizing pick-up games with their neighborhood pals. They aren’t sleeping late or hanging out. Most have no idea what it would be like to spend three months unsupervised, unscheduled and unschooled.

In This Issue

Mixed messages: Is the controversy over sex ed just confusing kids?

Ever since the first sex ed lessons debuted in the 1940s, there has been an on-going debate over the propriety – indeed the need – to teach about sexuality in schools.

One-track mind: Creating consensus around high school reform

The American high school needs a makeover. That seems to be the consensus among education policy-makers, school administrators, governors, legislators, parents, and yes, the students themselves.

Departments

A conversation with ... Jack Jennings

President and CEO of the Center on Education Policy

The president and CEO of the Center on Education Policy speaks out on what needs to be done to fix NCLB.

Short takes

Housing for teachers and running a business in the virtual world.

Up Front: Treat them like your own; you’ll make the world a better place

Mina G. Fasulo is editor in chief of California Schools.

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