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  1. Affirmative Action's California Afterlife
    Peter Schrag
    The American Prospect, Fall 1995, pp. 84-85
  2. After Kent State
    Peter Schrag
    The First Hundred Days
    The Saturday Review, August 29, 1970, pp. 12-15
  3. The Age of Willie Mays
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, May 8, 1971, pp. 15-17
  4. American Needs an Establishment
    Peter Schrag
    The Harpers Monthly, December 1975, pp. 51-59
  5. America's Other Radicals
    Peter Schrag
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1970, pp. 35-46
  6. Politics
    The Antismoking Crusade Burns Out
    Peter Schrag
    Inquiry, April 2, 1979, p. 7
  7. As California Goes...
    Peter Schrag
    On immigration, its past is our future
    The Nation, April 9, 2007, pp. 18-21
  8. Berkeley Postcard: Regents' Exam
    Peter Schrag
    The inside dope on how Governor Pete Wilson prepared and won his University of Californ...
    The New Republic, August 14, 1995, pp. 11-13
  9. Big City Schools---II
    Peter Schrag
    Pittsburgh: The Virtues of Candor
    The Saturday Review, November 19, 1966, pp. 82-84
  10. Articles
    The Bird Controversy
    Peter Schrag
    California's High Court on Trial
    The Nation, December 8, 1979, pp. 582-583
  11. A Blow Against Sadism
    Peter Schrag
    The New York Review of Books, October 31, 1974, pp. 41-42
  12. Blowback at the Border
    Peter Schrag
    The "war on drugs" comes home
    The Nation, May 4, 2009, pp. 23-24
  13. Blue-Collar Stategy
    Peter Schrag
    An Editorial
    The Saturday Review, July 25, 1970, p. 18
  14. [+]
    Book Notes (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    Witness to a Century, by George Seldes
    1. Witness to a Century by George Seldes
    The Nation, August 1, 1987, p. 97
  15. Boston: Education's Last Hurrah
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, May 21, 1966, pp. 56-58
  16. Bush's Education Fraud
    Peter Schrag
    The American Prospect, February 2004, pp. 38-41
  17. Articles
    California Chaos
    Peter Schrag
    A political epic with a cast of thousands
    The Nation, September 1, 2003, pp. 13-16
  18. California Dispatch: Gray Matters
    Peter Schrag
    California Governor-elect Gray Davis, suddenly the most important Democrat outside Wash...
    The New Republic, December 21, 1998, pp. 14-15
  19. [+]
    A California Epic (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    The Campaign of the Century, by Greg Mitchell
    1. The Campaign of the Century by Greg Mitchell
    The Nation, May 25, 1992, pp. 726-732
  20. California II: Initiative Madness
    Peter Schrag
    The New Republic, August 22, 1988, p. 18
  21. California Screamin'
    Peter Schrag
    The New Republic, June 23, 1986, pp. 14-15
  22. California: America's High-Stakes Experiment (2006)
    Peter Schrag
    1 Review
  23. California's Prop. 71
    Peter Schrag
    Turning Point on Fiscal Austerity?
    The Nation, June 4, 1988, pp. 784-785
  24. The Circle of Futility
    Peter Schrag
    Commonweal, March 6, 1964, pp. 685-688
  25. Conversation
    Peter Schrag
    Author Peter Schrag talks about the Hancock case
    CommonWealth, Winter 2005, pp. 84-92
  26. Crime on the Ballot
    Peter Schrag
    The New Republic, June 2, 1982, pp. 10-13
  27. Criminal Case 9373
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, July 15, 1972, pp. 12-13
  28. The Decline of the Wasp (1972)
    Peter Schrag
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  29. The Decline of the WASP
    Peter Schrag
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1970, pp. 85-91
  30. [+]
    The Decloistered Academy (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    The Closed Corporation, by James Ridgeway
    1. The Closed Corporation by James Ridgeway
    The Saturday Review, October 19, 1968, pp. 74-85
  31. Divided States
    Peter Schrag
    Local responses to illegal immigration are all over the map
    The Nation, January 7, 2008, pp. 16-21
  32. Divided They Stand
    Peter Schrag
    The proposed creation of one giant teachers' union could mean the salvation of public e...
    The New Republic, May 25, 1998, pp. 17-18
  33. Books
    [+]
    Doing up Brown (4 Reviews)
    Peter Schrag
    Jerry Brown: The Man on the White Horse, by J.D. Lorenz
    1. Jerry Brown: The Man on the White Horse by J.D. Lorenz
    2. Brown by Orville Schell
    3. Jerry Brown: The Philosopher-Prince by Robert Pack
    4. Jerry Brown by John C. Bollens and G. Robert Williams
    Inquiry, August 21, 1978, pp. 22-23
  34. Books
    [+]
    An Earlier point in Time (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    Lincoln Steffens: A Biography, by Justin Kaplan
    1. Lincoln Steffens: A Biography by Justin Kaplan
    The Saturday Review, March 23, 1974, p. 40
  35. Editorial
    Peter Schrag
    Unfinished Business
    The Saturday Review, December 5, 1970, p. 16
  36. Editorial
    Peter Schrag
    Dossier Dictatorship
    The Saturday Review, April 17, 1971, pp. 24-25
  37. Editorial
    Peter Schrag
    The Democratic Party's Shifting Center
    The Saturday Review, April 29, 1972, pp. 30-31
  38. Editorial
    Peter Schrag
    The Failure of Political Language
    The Saturday Review, March 25, 1972, pp. 30-31
  39. Education
    Peter Schrag
    The Golden Age, the Gathering Gloom
    The Saturday Review, September 23, 1967, pp. 58-63
  40. Education and Poverty
    Peter Schrag
    The Schools of Appalachia
    The Saturday Review, May 15, 1965, pp. 70-71
  41. The Education Industry
    Peter Schrag
    Kids, Computers, and Corporations
    The Saturday Review, May 20, 1967, pp. 78-80
  42. Education Now
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, November 12, 1977, pp. 53-55
  43. Education: "High Stakes Are for Tomatoes"
    Peter Schrag
    The Atlantic Monthly, August 2000, pp. 19-21
  44. Education's "Romantic" Critics
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, February 18, 1967, pp. 80-82
  45. The Ellsberg Affair
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, November 13, 1971, pp. 34-39
  46. The End of the American Future (1974)
    Peter Schrag
    1 Review
  47. The End of the Great Tradition
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, February 15, 1969, pp. 94-95
  48. End of the Impossible Dream
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, September 19, 1970, pp. 68-70
  49. "F" Is for Fizzle
    Peter Schrag
    The Faltering School Privatization Movement
    The American Prospect, May 1996, pp. 67-71
  50. Final Test (2003)
    Peter Schrag
    The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools
    1 Review
  51. Flip Wilson
    Peter Schrag
    Pete Wilson, the brilliant "repositioner," may be the Republican candidate the Democrat...
    The New Republic, October 2, 1995, pp. 14-19
  52. Football and Cheers
    Diane Divoky and Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, November 11, 1972, pp. 58-65
  53. The Forgotten American
    Peter Schrag
    The Harpers Monthly, August 1969, pp. 27-34
  54. [+]
    Generation Gap (2 Reviews)
    Peter Schrag
    Bomb Culture, by Jeff Nuttall
    1. Bomb Culture by Jeff Nuttall
    2. The Whole World Is Watching by Mark Gerzon
    The Saturday Review, August 23, 1969, p. 37
  55. Getting the Blues
    Peter Schrag
    The Administration appears to be bent on teaching liberal states a lesson
    The Nation, August 4, 2003, pp. 22-25
  56. Gloom at the Top
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, August 16, 1969, pp. 50-55
  57. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    Going for Broke (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    The Divorce Revolution, by Lenore J. Weitzman
    1. The Divorce Revolution by Lenore J. Weitzman
    The Nation, December 7, 1985, p. 620
  58. The Greatest Show on Earth
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, April 25, 1970, p. 27
  59. Heresy in Los Angeles
    Peter Schrag
    The New York Review of Books, March 22, 1973, pp. 24-25
  60. A Hesitant New South
    Peter Schrag
    Fragile Promise on the Last Frontier
    The Saturday Review, February 12, 1972, pp. 51-59
  61. [+]
    Homecoming (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    North Toward Home, by Willie Morris
    1. North Toward Home by Willie Morris
    The Reporter, November 30, 1967, p. 44
  62. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    How the Other Half Learns (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    No Excuses, by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
    1. No Excuses by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom
    The Nation, November 10, 2003, pp. 23-25
  63. [+]
    In loco parentis (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    Haven in a Heartless World, by Christopher Lasch
    1. Haven in a Heartless World by Christopher Lasch
    Inquiry, April 3, 1978, p. 25
  64. The Invisible Intruders
    Peter Schrag
    An Editorial
    The Saturday Review, January 30, 1971, pp. 20-21
  65. [+]
    The Irrelevance of Dick and Jane (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    The Schoolchildren: Growing up in the Slums, by Mary Frances Greene and Orletta Ryan
    1. The Schoolchildren: Growing up in the Slums by Mary Frances Greene and Orletta Ryan
    The Nation, March 21, 1966, pp. 335-336
  66. Is Main Street Still There?
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, January 17, 1970, pp. 20-25
  67. Ivan Illich
    Peter Schrag
    The Christian as Rebel
    The Saturday Review, July 19, 1969, pp. 14-19
  68. Joint Action in Ivied Halls
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, October 21, 1961, pp. 54-55
  69. [+]
    Jurisprudence (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    Justice: The Crisis of Law, Order, and Freedom in America, by Richard Harris
    1. Justice: The Crisis of Law, Order, and Freedom in America by Richard Harris
    The Saturday Review, March 21, 1970, p. 33
  70. Language Barrier
    Peter Schrag
    Bilingual education may be a disaster in California, but a ballot initiative to reform ...
    The New Republic, March 9, 1998, pp. 14-15
  71. Life on a Dying Late
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, September 20, 1969, pp. 19-21
  72. Life on the Mississippi, 1970
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, December 12, 1970, pp. 19-23
  73. Books & the Arts
    [+]
    The Long Arc of the Years (3 Reviews)
    Peter Schrag
    Summer of '49, by David Halberstam
    1. Summer of '49 by David Halberstam
    2. The Progress of the Seasons by George V. Higgins
    3. After the Miracle by Maury Allen
    The Nation, August 21, 1989, pp. 210-212
  74. Loophole.com
    Peter Schrag
    The Nation, May 15, 2000, p. 6
  75. Mind Control (1978)
    Peter Schrag
    4 Reviews, 2 Readable
  76. The Myth of the Hyperactive Child (1975)
    Peter Schrag and Diane Divosky
    And Other Means of Child Control
    4 Reviews, 3 Readable
  77. The Near-Myth of Our Failing Schools
    Peter Schrag
    The Atlantic Monthly, October 1997, pp. 72-81
  78. New Beat in the Heart of Dixie
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, March 20, 1971, pp. 42-45
  79. The New Black Myths
    Peter Schrag
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1969, pp. 37-42
  80. Books
    [+]
    The New Pedagogy (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    The Necessary Revolution in American Education, by Francis Keppel
    1. The Necessary Revolution in American Education by Francis Keppel
    The Reporter, September 22, 1966, pp. 58-59
  81. The New School Wars
    Peter Schrag
    Who Outcome-Based Education Blew Up
    The American Prospect, Winter 1995, pp. 53-62
  82. Newton: Pipeline from Harvard
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, January 16, 1965, pp. 49-50
  83. [+]
    'No Such Territory Left' (5 Reviews)
    Peter Schrag
    Awake in a Nightmare, by Ethan Feinsod
    1. Awake in a Nightmare by Ethan Feinsod
    2. In My Father's House by Min S. Yee and Thomas N. Layton
    3. Our Father Who Art in Hell by James Reston, Jr.
    4. Journey to Nowhere by Shiva Naipaul
    5. The Children of Jonestown by Kenneth Wooden
    The Nation, May 2, 1981, pp. 539-542
  84. Politics
    A Nongovernor Who Would Be Nonpresident.
    Peter Schrag
    Jerry Brown continues to feed off political scraps left by others.
    Inquiry, January 7, 1980, pp. 10-11
  85. Notebook
    Peter Schrag
    Golden State Fever
    The Harpers Monthly, September 2009, pp. 9-12
  86. Notre Dame
    Peter Schrag
    Our First Great Catholic University?
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1967, pp. 41-48
  87. The Origins of the Therapeutic State
    Peter Schrag
    Inquiry, March 20, 1978, pp. 13-18
  88. Out of Place in America (1970)
    Peter Schrag
    Essays for the End of an Age
    2 Reviews, 1 Readable
  89. Out of Place in America
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, May 9, 1970, pp. 12-13
  90. Paradise Lost (1998)
    Peter Schrag
    California's Experience, America's Future
    4 Reviews, 4 Readable
  91. Politics and Pesticides
    Peter Schrag
    The California Fruit Fly Wars
    The Nation, October 10, 1981, pp. 339-340
  92. Politics: California, Here We Come
    Peter Schrag
    The Atlantic Monthly, March 1998, pp. 20-31
  93. Feature
    The Populist Road to Hell
    Peter Schrag
    Term Limits in California
    The American Prospect, Winter 1996, pp. 24-30
  94. The Real Issue in California
    Peter Schrag
    The Attack on the Courts
    The Nation, October 30, 1982, p. 417
  95. Regressive Recovery
    Peter Schrag
    California's Curious Comeback
    The American Prospect, July 1997, pp. 60-65
  96. Report
    Peter Schrag
    California's Elected Anarchy
    The Harpers Monthly, November 1994, pp. 50-59
  97. Reports & Comment
    Peter Schrag
    McGovern in South Dakota
    The Atlantic Monthly, October 1971, pp. 6-23
  98. [+]
    Repression as reform (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    Conscience and Convenience, by David J. Rothman
    1. Conscience and Convenience by David J. Rothman
    Inquiry, June 9, 1980, pp. 25-27
  99. [+]
    Literary Crypt (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    The Papers and the Papers, by Sanford J. Ungar
    1. The Papers and the Papers by Sanford J. Ungar
    The Saturday Review, May 27, 1972, p. 70
  100. Rich's Stealth Campaign
    Peter Schrag
    The Nation, November 6, 2006, p. 5
  101. Education in America
    The Right to Know
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, December 18, 1971, p. 53
  102. The Road to Yakima
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, August 26, 1972, pp. 5-11
  103. Rubber Tomatoes
    Peter Schrag
    The Harpers Monthly, June 1978, pp. 24-30
  104. Savage Inequalities
    Peter Schrag
    Jonathan Kozol is right that school funding is unfair. But equalizing the disparities w...
    The New Republic, December 16, 1991, pp. 18-19
  105. Books in Review
    [+]
    Schooldays (2 Reviews)
    Peter Schrag
    36 Children~~Thirty-Six Children, by Herbert Kohl
    1. 36 Children~~Thirty-Six Children by Herbert Kohl
    2. Death at an Early Age by Jonathan Kozol
    Commentary, January 1968, pp. 71-73
  106. Searching for Certitudes
    Peter Schrag
    Commonweal, October 4, 1963, pp. 36-39
  107. The silver anniversary of Proposition 13
    Peter Schrag
    California was changed forever when Proposition 13 passed a quarter of a century ago th...
    California Journal, June 2003, pp. 13-20
  108. So You Want to Be Color-Blind
    Peter Schrag
    Alternative Principles for Affirmative Action
    The American Prospect, Summer 1995, pp. 38-43
  109. Son of 187
    Peter Schrag
    A new wave of anti-affirmative action propositions could alter the electoral map in 199...
    The New Republic, January 30, 1995, pp. 16-18
  110. Special recall coverage
    Peter Schrag
    Which Way Arnold?
    California Journal, November 2003, pp. 22-25
  111. Stirrings on the Campus
    Peter Schrag
    The New Republic, April 17, 1961, pp. 9-11
  112. [+]
    Straddling the Fault (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    West of the West, by Leonard Michaels, David Reid, and Raquel Scherr
    1. West of the West by Leonard Michaels, David Reid, and Raquel Scherr
    The Nation, November 27, 1989, pp. 638-639
  113. [+]
    Sunshine fantasies (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    California, Inc., by Joel Kotkin and Paul Grabowicz
    1. California, Inc. by Joel Kotkin and Paul Grabowicz
    The Nation, April 3, 1982, pp. 404-405
  114. Take the Iniative, Please
    Peter Schrag
    Referendum Madness in California
    The American Prospect, September 1996, pp. 61-65
  115. Tennessee Lonesome End
    Peter Schrag
    The Harpers Monthly, March 1970, pp. 59-67
  116. Test of Loyalty (1974)
    Peter Schrag
    Daniel Ellsberg and the Rituals of Secret Government
    3 Reviews, 2 Readable
  117. Testing, Testing
    Peter Schrag
    Think national education standards are controversial now? Just wait until the public ge...
    The New Republic, October 27, 1997, pp. 14-16
  118. [+]
    This Sport-ing Life (3 Reviews)
    Peter Schrag
    The Sweet Spot in Time, by John Jerome
    1. The Sweet Spot in Time by John Jerome
    2. Sportsmen and Gamesmen by John Dizikes
    3. An Outside Chance by Thomas McGuane
    The Nation, January 31, 1981, pp. 119-121
  119. The True-Blue Schoolhouse
    Peter Schrag
    Commonweal, May 25, 1962, pp. 226-227
  120. University of Miami
    Peter Schrag
    The Climate of Learning
    The Saturday Review, March 15, 1969, pp. 57-59
  121. [+]
    Urban Nostalgia (Review)
    Peter Schrag
    The Economy of Cities, by Jane Jacobs
    1. The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs
    Commentary, August 1969, pp. 70-74
  122. Village School Downtown (1967)
    Peter Schrag
    Politics and Education: A Boston Report
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  123. Voices in the Classroom (1965)
    Peter Schrag
    Public Schools and Public Attitudes
    3 Reviews, 1 Readable
  124. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    The Neighborhood School?
    The Saturday Review, December 17, 1966, p. 84
  125. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    The Fertile Academic Soil
    The Saturday Review, November 19, 1966, p. 97
  126. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    Is There a New Establishment?
    The Saturday Review, October 15, 1966, p. 87
  127. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    Competition for the Public Schools
    The Saturday Review, April 15, 1967, p. 75
  128. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    Facing the Music
    The Saturday Review, August 19, 1967, p. 61
  129. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    The Tutor Style
    The Saturday Review, February 18, 1967, pp. 92-93
  130. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    The Emasculated Voice of the Textbook
    The Saturday Review, January 21, 1967, p. 74
  131. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    Summer Shorts
    The Saturday Review, July 15, 1967, p. 66
  132. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    Autopsy for a Great Society
    The Saturday Review, June 17, 1967, p. 63
  133. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    Who Controls Education?
    The Saturday Review, March 18, 1967, p. 60
  134. Voices in the Classroom
    Peter Schrag
    September Song
    The Saturday Review, September 16, 1967, p. 87
  135. What's Good Enough?
    Peter Schrag
    The Nation, May 3, 2004, pp. 41-44
  136. What's Happened to the Brain Business?
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, August 7, 1971, pp. 12-15
  137. When Preferences Disappear
    Peter Schrag
    The American Prospect, January 1997, pp. 38-41
  138. Who Owns the Environment?
    Peter Schrag
    The Saturday Review, July 4, 1970, pp. 6-9
  139. Why Johnny Can't...(I)
    Peter Schrag
    What the Test Scores Really Mean
    The Nation, October 4, 1986, p. 297
  140. Why Johnny Can't...(II)
    Peter Schrag
    Who Wants Good Teachers?
    The Nation, October 11, 1986, pp. 342-360
  141. Articles
    Why Our Schools Have Failed
    Peter Schrag
    Commentary, March 1968, pp. 31-40
  142. You Don't Have to Leave School to Drop Out
    Peter Schrag
    Growing Up on Mechanic Street
    The Saturday Review, March 21, 1970, pp. 59-61
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