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This annual volume, first published in 1998, provides the latest thinking from nationallyrecognized experts on policy issues affecting grades K-12. The 1998 issue focused on thestate of student performance in American Schools, while the 1999 issue focused on urbanissues in education, and the 2000 issue on reauthorization of the federal Elementary andSecondary Education Act. The 2001 volume analyzed efforts to establish rigorousacademic standards for student performance, and the 2002 volume looks at accountabilityin several leading states and cities; contributors consider whether students have beenhelped or hurt by standards-based reforms. The 2003 volume examines the state ofAmerica’s high schools.Keywords: Brookings, education policy, journalsBrookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs: 2004http://www.brookings.edu/press/books/brookingswhartonpapersonfinancialservices2004.htm.Designed to reach a wide audience of scholars and policymakers, the Brookings-WhartonPapers on Urban Affairs is an annual series that serves as a forum for cutting-edge,accessible research on urban policy. The editors seek to integrate broader research intothe urban policy discussion by bringing urban studies scholars together with economistsand researchers studying subjects with important urban implications.Keywords: Brookings, journals, urban affairsBusiness and Politicshttp://www.bepress.com/bap/Business and Politics solicits articles within the broad area of the interaction betweenfirms and political actors. Two specific areas are of particular interest to the journal. Thefirst concerns the use of non-market corporate strategy. These efforts include internalorganizational design decisions as well as external strategies. Internal organizationaldesign refers to management structure, sourcing decisions, and transnational organizationwith respect to the firm’s non-market environment. External strategies include legaltactics, testimony, lobbying and other means to influence policy makers at all levels ofgovernment and international institutions as an adjunct to market strategies of the firm. Asecond area of interest involves efforts by policy makers to influence firm behaviorthrough regulatory, legal, financial, and other government instruments. Business andPolitics does not favor any particular methodologies or approaches, but emphasizesanalytical rigor and novel empirical analysis. The journal is particularly interested insubmissions focusing on different regions of the world, cross-regional studies, andinterdisciplinary work. It strongly encourages submissions from business, politicalscience, law, economics, and public policy. The journal also publishes selected cases and268