Cover Story

Is Head Start Smart?
By Diane Ravitch
Restoring the original promise of America's favorite social program.

The 12 Labors of Charter Schools
By Chester E. Finn Jr. and Bruno V. Manno
Will the movement ever end up at the center of school reform?

Field Trip
By Stephanie Soler
An eye-opening visit to three of New York's "best" public schools.

Essays and Comment

Primarily Correct
By John Jacobs
The pundits were mostly right about California's June primary.

Speaking in Tongues
By Gregory Rodriguez
Diving why California Latinos voted as they did on Proposition 227.

Departments

518 C Street N.E.

• Wheel Alignment

Letters

• Crossing Over the Line
• Blaired Vision
• Defending Bryan

Up Front

• From DLC Ideas to U.S. Success Stories
• "Work First" Welfare Reform Really Works

Editorials

• Standing in the Schoolhouse Door
• A Health Care Quality Primer

Books

• The Great Betrayal
• The Commanding Heights
• Money for Nothing

Political Memo By Al From

• Prepare for a Long March

Special Supplement

State Focus: A Closer Look at the DLC State Network

• Connecting With the Unconnected
• Winning in the Suburbs
• Change is Good
• Ideas That Actually Work

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