May 19, 2004

Education Week, Vol. 23, Issue 37
School & District Management City Districts Embracing K-8 Schools
Urban districts are increasingly converting elementary schools into K-8s, driven by a small body of research and a rising pile of anecdotes suggesting that K-8 configurations help academic performance, decrease discipline problems, enhance parent involvement, and save money.
Catherine Gewertz, May 19, 2004
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Education Integration and Student Transfers
A report examining whether students are using the school choice mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act highlights these districts, where it says choice is helping to integrate schools by race and income.
May 19, 2004
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Alan L. Contreras, the administrator of the office of degree authorization at the Oregon Student Assistance Commission.
Accountability Federal Investigators Target ‘Diploma Mills’
Experts say federal efforts to investigate "diploma mills" may eventually help educators purge their ranks of people who hold bogus degrees.
Andrew Trotter, May 19, 2004
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Federal Choice Option of U.S. Law Used, Report Finds
More families are benefiting from the school choice mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act than is generally recognized, despite the highly uneven response to the transfer requirements from school districts and states, a report released last week concludes. Includes a table, "Integration and Student Transfers."
Caroline Hendrie, May 19, 2004
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School & District Management With Little Debate, L.A. High School Gets New Charter
A high-performing Los Angeles high school was granted a five-year extension as a charter school with little fanfare last week, after its conversion last year had triggered debates and fear.
Joetta L. Sack, May 19, 2004
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Raymond Bartlett
Education People in the News
A. Graham Down has been named the acting president and chief executive officer of the Council for Basic Education.
May 19, 2004
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Education Correction
A Commentary by Perry Zirkel in the April 28, 2004, issue of Education Week ("No Child Left Average,") erroneously included Massachusetts among the states that have lowered the level for passing their examinations for receiving a high school diploma. Massachusetts has not done so.
May 19, 2004
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Special Education Senate Approves Bill To Reauthorize IDEA
An overdue reauthorization of the main federal special education law sailed through the Senate last week, despite sharp disagreement over which approach to take to bring about more federal funding.
Michelle R. Davis, May 19, 2004
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Teaching Profession Federal Report Examines Salaries Of Head Start Directors
While most Head Start directors and executive directors earn roughly $50,000 to $60,000 a year, a few are getting paid as much as $300,000 annually, a federal survey shows.
Linda Jacobson, May 19, 2004
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Election 2004
Federal Bush Takes On Critics of No Child Left Behind Act
Election 2004President Bush issued a pointed rebuttal last week to critics of the No Child Left Behind Act, rejecting arguments that the law heaps unrealistic demands on schools and vowing to oppose any efforts to weaken it.
Sean Cavanagh, May 19, 2004
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Education Capitol Recap
  • Maine
May 19, 2004
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Teacher and Parent Opinions
Education Teacher and Parent Opinions
A survey of 725 middle and high school teachers, and 600 parents of students in those grades, found high levels of frustration among teachers regarding discipline issues.
May 19, 2004
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Brown at 50
Equity & Diversity Opinion The Brown Decision: 'A Shining Moment'
The focus on "resegregation" is a distraction from the task of striving towards equal education outcomes, argues Abigail Thernstrom, author and member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Abigail Thernstrom, May 19, 2004
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Brown at 50
Equity & Diversity Opinion The Brown Decision: 'A Magnificent Mirage'
Brown teaches that advocates of racial justice should rely less on judicial decisions and more on tactics that challenge the continuing assumptions of white dominance, writes author, professor, and former NAACP lawyer Derrick Bell.
Derrick Bell, May 19, 2004
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Brown at Fifty
Equity & Diversity Opinion The American Dilemma Continues
"We have failed to live up to Brown," says author and educator Sheryll Cashin. In fact, she adds, public schools have become more segregated.
Sheryll Cashin, May 19, 2004
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Equity & Diversity Opinion The Legacy of ‘All Deliberate Speed’
Professors Pedro A. Noguera and Robert Cohen look at the issue of still-segregated classrooms and question just how much there is to celebrate on Brown’s 50th anniversary.
Pedro A. Noguera & Robert Cohen, May 19, 2004
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Brown at Fifty
Equity & Diversity Opinion Still Standing in the Schoolhouse Door
Political leaders have eliminated or underfunded most federal legislative and judicial affairs aimed at decreasing segregation, says professor Jacqueline Jordan Irvine.
Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, May 19, 2004
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Books on the Brown Decision
Some recently published resources on the Brown decision and related themes.
May 19, 2004
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Social Class Leaves Its Imprint
Author Richard Rothstein suggests that a greater understanding of socio-economic factors affecting poor, minority students will help narrow the achievement gap in schools.
Richard Rothstein, May 19, 2004
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Education Letter to the Editor Letters
  • Teacher-Quality Group's Partisan Ties Obscured
  • Defending Philadelphia's 'Teacher-Equity Campaign'
May 19, 2004
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Education Research Report: School Safety
"Safe Schools: It's Union Work."
May 19, 2004
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