Vol 25 Issue 1242
Published 9/22/2004 through 9/28/2004
Choose and Lose (Cover Story)
How I got my kid into a decent public school and
learned that "choice" is not all it's made out to be.
Dwindling Resources, Diminishing Expectations (Cover Story)
Twin Cities teachers talk about how their schools and classrooms have changed.
Playing Favorites (News)
New rules could bring patronage jobs back to St. Paul. Say hello to boss Kelly.
School Districts of the Rich and Famous (News)
With money tight, west metro schools are accruing wealthy endowments and paying for teachers.
Everybody Comes to Kwaku's (City Beat)
DFL spanks opponents with school board (News Briefs)
Somebody Has To Root For Macbeth (News Briefs)
Year of the Rat (Jim Walsh)
Baaaaing at sheep, barking at dogs: How to have a conversation with the universe
View Master (Viewmaster)
Traditional Aztec dancer
Social Studies (Dish)
It is a happy, happy thing indeed that the happy hour endures.
More Talk, Less Rock (Arts Feature)
Gabbing about quasi-Christian orgasms and R&B booty reduction with the music critic hosts of Garrison Keillor's newest brainchild, Pop Vultures.
Grime Pays (Music)
Ballyhooed Englishman Dizzee Rascal conquers the world one record store clerk at a time.
Billy Holloman: This Is Organ Night (CD Review)
Ghost: Hypnotic Underworld , and Six Organs of Admittance: The Manifestation (CD Review)
Mouse on Mars: Radical Connector (CD Review)
Cruel Stories of Youth (Film)
Those People Are Us (Film)
Mizna's Arab Film Fest at Intermedia Arts brings the other home.
Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Theater)
Skewed visions' 'The Car' is a brilliantly bumpy ride.
No Tevas--Ever (Books)
Tomb Raider (Books)
The case of the horny pharaoh--and other trick sarcophagi.