Vol. 27, Issue 05
FRONT PAGE
Once considered sacrosanct, NCLB's academic achievement proficiency goal appears to be open for negotiation.
The job of school boards is being redefined, and weakened, by changes taking place at the national, state, and local levels.
On the first day of the new U.S. Supreme Court term next week, the justices are sure to hear starkly contrasting portraits of special education in the nation’s largest school district.
The current U.S. push to preserve global edge echoes the Cold War drive to counter Soviet threat.
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News in Brief
Report Roundup
News in Brief
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Report Roundup
News in Brief
Report Roundup
Correction
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The district will expand after-school programs and other measures aimed at keeping students out of gangs and reducing youth violence.
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Educators are struggling to find the right balance between core academics and attention to native culture as a way to help engage and motivate children.
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Recent research on SimCalc MathWorlds, one of the pioneering examples of computer software, is providing some of the best evidence so far that the approach can lead to gains in student learning.
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Preschool & After School
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The third time proved the charm for the New York City school system, which last week won the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education.
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Though education experts have largely embraced the drive to raise the level of math and science courses, students and parents may be satisfied with a less rigorous level of instruction in those subjects.
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Group representatives warned that there is a continuing tension between the precepts of the federal special education law and the requirements of NCLB.
The panel recently previewed recommendations on various assessment choices available and what states need to implement them.
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If Senator Edward M. Kennedy wants to get a bill reauthorizing NCLB through Congress before the end of this year, he has some big stumbling blocks to overcome.
Congress has authorized $95 million a year to support math and science education and research—less than half the amount President Bush originally proposed.
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Federal File
PAGE 26 - In Perspective
A rapidly growing program aimed at propelling more U.S. students toward engineering careers is attracting recruits beyond the usual pool of prospective high school talent.
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What is to be done when facilities are falling apart and there isn’t enough money to modernize them?, ask William D. Eggers and Tiffany Dovey.
It is time to overhaul the No Child Left Behind Act's “remedy cascade,” Frederick M. Hess and Rosemary Kendrick argue.
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Letters
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Dr. Seuss' first children's book, the generation gap, school reform, and more.
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Letters
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Letters
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As presently constructed, NCLB doesn’t help high-performing students in general, and may actually hurt high-performing students from working families, Anthony P. Carnevale writes.
