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"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Early Childhood Education at a Crossroads: Access to Preschool Has Come a Long Way, but Critical Choices Lie Ahead (Deborah Stipek); (2) Bridging the PreK-Elementary Divide: Concerns about Early Achievement Gaps Prompt Programs That Link Prekindergarten with Elementary School (Sue Miller Wiltz); and (3) From Literacy to Learning: Catherine Snow on Vocabulary, Comprehension, and the Achievement Gap. Online version may contain additional articles.

"Harvard Education Letter" is published bimonthly at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This issue of "Harvard Education Letter" contains the following articles: (1) Adding Value to Student Assessment: Does "Value-Added Assessment" Live Up to Its Name? (Anand Vaishnav); (2) No Adolescent Left Behind? California's Testing and Accountability System Illustrates the Challenges of Extending No Child Left Behind to High School (Robert Rothman); and (3) The Student-Teacher Relationship: Our Most Important "Data" Source (Deborah Meier). Online version may contain additional articles.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of a road trip and whitewater kayaking adventures in the Southern Sierra Nevada in California.

The author criticizes some teenagers who consider the pay first when selecting a summer job. The author describes her job at a dude ranch in California. She admits that money is important but claims that spending the summer at menial jobs because they pay better seems like a waste. The author urges other teenagers to choose jobs that they truly enjoy, that are intellectually stimulating and can teach them something.