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.
