June 9, 2004

Education Week, Vol. 23, Issue 39
Matt Ragghianti
Education Different Directions
Public school choice offers students a chance to follow their interests, but it comes at a price, chipping away at the sense of community once common among neighbors.
Kevin Bushweller, June 9, 2004
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13 min read
Education News in Brief: A Washington Roundup
  • Va. Official Nominated for Spec. Ed. Position
  • Ed. Dept. Issues Brochures on School Choice, Tutoring
June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Federal Memo Suggests Education Could Be in Line for Spending Cuts
A preliminary White House budget document suggests that, if re-elected, President Bush would request about $1.5 billion less for the Department of Education in fiscal 2006 than he is seeking for the coming year.
June 9, 2004
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2 min read
Federal GAO: ‘No Child’ Law Is Not an ‘Unfunded Mandate’
Department of Education officials are lauding a federal report declaring that the No Child Left Behind Act is not an "unfunded mandate."
David J. Hoff, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
Education Federal File

World Wide Wonks

So, you’ve got your morning coffee. You flip on the computer. Fingers fall to the keyboard and … if you’re a policy wonk, or have any wonkish leanings, you could do worse than visit a new Web log, or blog, aptly named Eduwonk.com.
June 9, 2004
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School Climate & Safety U.S. Turns to Classrooms To Fight Terrorism
The war on terrorism has fueled an expansion of the U.S. government’s work to improve schools overseas. Includes an accompanying story, "New Iraqi Education Minister Named."
Mary Ann Zehr, June 9, 2004
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11 min read
Curriculum New Oregon Law Targets Students’ Debts
Oregon parents who are not paying their children’s school fees might regret it come the end of the 2004-05 school year, when the schools withhold their children’s report cards or diplomas.
Tal Barak, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
Education Events
June | July

A symbol (**) marks events that have not appeared in a previous issue of Education Week.

June 9, 2004
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37 min read
Election 2004
Federal Campaign Notebook
Election 2004
  • After a Debate, Mich. High School Agrees to Kerry Commencement Talk
  • Big Tent
June 9, 2004
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4 min read
Equity & Diversity Mass. City Defends Use of Race in Assigning Students to Schools
Backers of the integration plan in Lynn, Mass., say students have reaped psychological benefits from going to school together.
Karla Scoon Reid, June 9, 2004
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9 min read
School Climate & Safety Guidance Urges Input on ‘Dangerous Schools’ Definitions
The Department of Education is urging states to seek advice from parents and other community members when defining "persistently dangerous" schools under federal law, and to "review and revise" those definitions every year to make them more reflective of the actual threats students may face, according to new federal guidance.
June 9, 2004
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College & Workforce Readiness Bush Plan Calls for More Rigor In Vocational Education
As Congress prepares to revamp the federal law on vocational education, the Bush administration has unveiled a proposal that would require career-oriented high school programs to increase their academic rigor and form stronger partnerships with colleges and employers.
Sean Cavanagh, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
Early Childhood New Allegations Leveled Against Head Start Official
The National Head Start Association has renewed its call for the resignation of the leader of the federal Head Start program, with fresh accusations that she tried to cover up financial mismanagement that took place during her tenure as a local program director in Texas.
Michelle R. Davis, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
Education News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
  • Court Takes Broad View of Ohio Abuse Statute
  • Utah State School Board Names Education Chief
  • Oregon State Board Bars Tobacco on Campuses
  • Virginia Governor Vetoes Home Schooling Measure
  • Court to Name Overseers in N.Y. Funding Case
June 9, 2004
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International New Iraqi Education Minister Named
A biochemist who earned his doctorate in the United States was named Iraq’s interim minister of education last week. He replaces a former World Health Organization official who had served in the position since last September.
Mary Ann Zehr, June 9, 2004
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2 min read
Assessment Tenn. ‘Value Added’ System Survives Legislative Attack
The Tennessee legislature has passed a bill to continue the state’s widely recognized "value added" assessment system.
Catherine Gewertz, June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Education N.H. School Aid Changes Draw Little Praise
New Hampshire was set to say goodbye next month to its controversial school finance system that borrows from wealthier districts to send property-tax money to schools in poorer areas.
Alan Richard, June 9, 2004
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4 min read
Student Well-Being Surfing Approved as Hawaii’s Newest School Sport
From now on, when Hawaii’s high school students grab their surfboards and head for Oahu’s North Shore—or other surfing destinations throughout the state—they might be doing so as the Kahuku High Red Raiders or the Na Ali’i team from King Kekaulike High School.
Linda Jacobson, June 9, 2004
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3 min read
Curriculum Teaching & Learning
  • NEA Foundation Focuses Giving on Closing Gap
  • World History in Review
  • Models in the Middle
  • Classroom Management
  • Teachers' Walk
  • Museum Links
June 9, 2004
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8 min read
Education Urban Education

Mayoral Control


Can putting mayors in charge of schools make urban schools work better?
June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Student Well-Being N.Y.C. Culinary Campaign Feeds Meals Effort
The New York City school system has hired its first executive chef in an ongoing drive to boost student participation in its meal programs with healthier and more appealing cafeteria fare.
Darcia Harris Bowman, June 9, 2004
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2 min read
Education Media

Boston Stories


Boston high school students have a new outlet for their writing, and a place to read news written by their peers.
June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Equity & Diversity Md. School-Merger Idea Fails; Offers Lesson in Change
It seemed like an idea worth exploring when district leaders here first starting discussing it: Help students from a low-achieving elementary school by merging them with pupils from a high-achieving school just a few miles away. But the plan met with strong opposition from parents.
David J. Hoff, June 9, 2004
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4 min read
School Choice & Charters Multimillionaire Buys Major Charter School Manager
A new education management company, led by the former head of a global electric company, has acquired Chancellor Beacon Academies, the nation’s second-largest for-profit manager of charter schools.
Rhea R. Borja, June 9, 2004
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2 min read
Education Death
  • Frank Newman
June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Education People in the News
Jack D. Dale has been named the superintendent of Fairfax County, Va., public schools—the 12th-largest school district in the country.
June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Education News in Brief: A National Roundup
  • NAEYC to Accredit Teacher-Prep Programs
  • Baltimore Reduces Credits Needed for 9th Grade Promotion
  • Indianapolis School Board Votes to Ban Paddling
  • Chicago Teachers to Vote in Union Runoff Election
  • Kent, Wash., Schools Advised to Stop Handcuffing Students
  • School Fitness Foundation Files for Bankruptcy Protection
June 9, 2004
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Education Correction
A story in the May 26, 2004, issue of Education Week ("NRC Urges Multiple Studies for Math Curricula") furnished an incorrect Web address for accessing a National Research Council report on the effectiveness of mathematics curricula. The correct address is http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11025.html.
June 9, 2004
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1 min read
Education Clarification
A May 19 story on a U.S. General Accounting Office report on "diploma mills" ("Federal Investigators Target ‘Diploma Mills’") implied that three unaccredited schools mentioned in the report are diploma mills. Unaccredited schools are not necessarily diploma mills.
June 9, 2004
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