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Books:
{Available at major book stores and on-line}

F. Washington Jarvis, With Love and Prayers: A Headmaster Speaks to the Next Generation, Godine, Boston, 2000

Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., Too Much of a Good Thing

Michael Thompson, Ph.D., Best Friends, Worst Enemies


Article:
Richard F. Elmore, "The Testing Trap, The Single--Possibly the Worst--Intrusion into America's Public Schools"
Harvard Magazine, September 2002.

Karen McPherson, "Squeeze Play: Development Experts Say Children Suffer Due to Lack of Unstructured Fun," Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Magazine Section, 1 October 2002, B1, B2.

"Do We Still Need Affirmative Action? 10 Ways to Think About it Now" Newsweek, 27 January 2003