附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Tom Loveless -- The roots of the education wars / E.D. Hirsch Jr. -- Mathematics education : the future and the past create a context for today's issues / Gail Burrill -- Research and reform in mathematics education / Michael T. Battista -- A Darwinian perspective on mathematics and instruction / David C. Geary -- The impact of traditional and reform-style practices on student mathematics achievement / Roger Shouse -- Beyond curriculum wars : content and understanding in mathematics / Adam Gamoran -- Good intentions are not enough / Richard Askey -- A tale of two math reforms : the politics of the new math and the NCTM standards / Tom Loveless -- Its time to stop the war / Diane Ravitch -- Preventing reading difficulties in young children : precursors and fallout / Catherine E. Snow -- Contemporary reading instruction / Margaret Moustafa -- Does state and federal reading policymaking matter? / Richard L. Allington -- The politics of the reading wars / William Lowe Boyd and Douglas E. Mitchell.