July/August 2006
Volume 5 Number 6
22
Front
Features
10 Letters
12 Publishers’ Letter
14 Editor’s Letter
17 What They’re Saying
18 Calendar
20 Best of the Web
22 No ROI
Government
Fails To Produce
Competitive
Work Force
Here are eight solutions to
create a real return on the
massive amounts now wasted
on public education, especially
in urban districts.
By Won Kim
30 Investing in Education
Today’s Fourth-
Graders Are Your
Future Employees
A handful of smart companies
are proving the value of putting
their resources into improving
education. And then there’s Bill
Gates and Warren Buffett.
By T.J. DeGroat
30
40
36 Teaching
Parents to Help
Their Children
Succeed
What do parents in neighborhoods
such as Watts, Calif., want?
A better life for their children—
and education is the ticket.
By Yoji Cole
36
40 Asian Americans
at the Head of
the Class
The stereotypes of the brilliant,
hard-working Asian-American
student have a historic and cul-
tural basis, depending on the
country of origin.
By Won Kim
Cover illustration by Stephen Konz
