TABLE OF CONTENTS: Phi Delta Kappa members and Kappan subscribers: Log in now to access the e-Kappan table of contents with live links to articles. Kappan cover On the Cover: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? Schools do many things. Preparing young people for employment should be only one among them. Mr. Wolk reminds us of all the other possibilities. Cover: Liquid Library FEATURES Why Go to School?, by Steven Wolk Why High School Must Go: An Interview with Leon Botstein, by Robert Epstein The Old and the New, by Thomas C. O'Brien Teaching Math and Science: Improving Instruction Through Local Systemic Change Initiatives, by Iris R. Weiss and Joan D. Pasley Consensus or Confusion? The Intended Math Curriculum in State-Level Standards, by Barbara Reys and Glenda Lappan Reflections on Math Reforms in the U.S.: A Cross-National Perspective, by Xiaoxia Newton On Location: Using School Classrooms as Sites for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics, by Laura Grandau, Mark A. Landis, and Kelly Ryan Why? Why? Why?: Future Teachers Discover Mathematical Depth, by Perla Myers Four Practices That Math Classrooms Could Do Without, by Nick Fiori Which Brain Research Can Educators Trust?, by Judy Willis, M.D. World Citizenship: A Humane Alternative to 'Drill and Kill,' by Bruce Mitchell Fulfilling the Promise of Educational Accountability, by Sarah W. Nelson, Marla W. McGhee, Lionel R. Meno, and Charles L. Slater Using Large-Scale Assessments to Evaluate the Effectiveness of School Library Programs in California, by Stacy Sinclair-Tarr and William Tarr, Jr. POINT OF VIEW: Backwards into the Future -- Again, by Mark Phillips DEPARTMENTS THE EDITOR'S PAGE, Better Late Than . . . WASHINGTON COMMENTARY, Working at Cross-Purposes, by Anne C. Lewis STATELINE, Learning to Speak the World's Languages, by Kathy Christie TECHNOLOGY, Did We Leave the Future Behind?, by Sebastian Foti IN CANADA, Bend It Like Azzy, by Heather-jane Robinson RESEARCH, Reports, Reports, by Gerald W. Bracey COURTSIDE, End Run?, by Perry A. Zirkel