Tables of contents

Editorial

Richard Smith

1

Moral education's modest agenda

Robin Barrow

3

Adaptive preference, justice and identity in the context of widening participation in higher education

David Bridges

15

Forms of engagement: the ethical significance of literacy teaching

Alice Lesnick

29

Education, risk and ethics

Marianna Papastephanou

47

Untangling the mother knot: some thoughts on parents, children and philosophers of education

Judith Suissa

65

Toleration, multiculturalism and mistaken belief

Paul Standish

79

Accuracy and authenticity of oral and written assessments in high-stakes school examinations

Malcolm Thorburn, Dave Collins

3

Changing boards: investigating the effects of centres changing their specifications for English GCSE

Eva Malacova, John F Bell

27

Creative teaching and learning in Europe: promoting a new paradigm

Trevor Davies

37

Challenging the laws of talk: ground rules, social reproduction and the curriculum

Andrew Lambirth

59

Are low levels of book spending in primary schools jeopardizing the National Literacy Strategy?

Steve Hurd, Malcolm Dixon, Joanna Oldham

73

Creating thinking schools through ‘Knowledge and Inquiry’: the curriculum challenges for Singapore

Charlene Tan

89

Pluralism and criticism in environmental education and education for sustainable development: a practical understanding

Johan Öhman

149

Episodic and semantic memories of a residential environmental education program

Doug Knapp, Gregory M. Benton

165

Measuring the educational impacts of a graduate course on sustainable development

Samuel D. Brody, Hyung-Cheal Ryu

179

High school students’ decision making about sustainability

Marcelle Siegel

201

Metaphors used by some engineering academics in Australia for understanding and explaining sustainability

Anna L Carew, Cynthia A Mitchell

217

Cover story

Comings and goings: The fine art of superintendent transitions 

Glenn Cook

14 

Why searches go wrong: how to avoid mistakes when you're searching for a superintendent 

George A Goens, Louis J Esparo

18 

Features

Deconstructing Dover: An expert witness for the district shares lessons from 'Scopes 2005' 

Dick M Carpenter

20 

Governance by committee: standing committees can be powerful 'governance engines' for your school board 

Doug Eadie

24 

The big gift: a new fundraising strategy for public schools 

Stan Levenson

28 

In every issue

Your turn: you say, 'frankly your schools could use a little sunshine.' We ask: NCLB – will we get there by 2014 

12 

Research: head of the class – through 'distributed leadership' the superintendent can play a vital role in raising student achievement 

Susan Black

32 

Communications: the search for the right school – for relocating parents, test scores often fuel decisions on where to live 

Nora Carr

36 

Facilities: extreme makeover – transforming your school district through renovation and renewal

Gaylaird Christopher

40

Technology: Facilities: an e-rate update – now that we've achieved the goal of connecting most public schools to the internet, what's next?

Victor Rivero

42 

School law: in personnel actions, discretion pays – sometimes the best statement about an employee is no statement at all

Benjamin Dowling-Sendor

44 

Marketplace: resources for superintendent searches

50 

Advisor: what would you do if ... your longtime superintendent was retiring? 

52