Compensatory Education
Education
Final Chapter 1 Rules Ask the States To Set 'Standards' on Pupil Progress
The Education Department has issued long-awaited final regulations for the Chapter 1 compensatory-education program that provide some protections for local autonomy, while still giving states substantial authority over local programs.
Education
Proposed Rule for Chapter 1 Evaluations Issued
The Education Department has issued proposed regulations to implement changes in the Chapter 1 compensatory-education program made by the omnibus reauthorization law passed by the Congress this year.
Education
Department Awards $7 Million for Follow-Through Projects
The Education Department has awarded $7 million in grants for demonstration projects under the recently restructured Follow Through compensatory-education program.
Education
Takeover Threat In Omnibus Bill Worries Officials
Washington--Chapter 1 provisions that are likely to be included in the pending omnibus education bill could greatly alter the relationship between school districts and the state officials who administer the federal compensatory-education program.
Education
Follow Through Program Bids Sought
For the first time in 20 years, the Education Department has opened competition for grants under the recently restructured Follow Through compensatory-education program.
Education
Research And Reports
A new guide advising the parents of children enrolled in Chapter 1 programs of their rights and responsibilities in program development has been released by the Center for the Law and Education, a nonprofit group based in Cambridge, Mass.
The booklet, written by Paul Weckstein, a lawyer for the center, details the legal provisions requiring such parental involvement and suggests ways to facilitate it.
Education
Black Educators' Support for Chapter 1 Urged
Concerned that American blacks have become educationally polarized, U.S. Representative Mervyn M. Dymally, Democrat of California, last week urged 300 specialists in the education of black children to continue their support for the federal Chapter 1 compensatory-education program.
"Some of us have gained an education [and] have experienced the satisfaction of success,'' said Mr. Dymally, who is black. "But literally millions of the youngest in our family are not being educated.''
Education
Bennett, Senator Unveil E.D. Plan for Remedial Aid
Secretary of Education William J. Bennett has formally unveiled his proposed changes in the federal compensatory-education program, with an assist from Senator Claiborne Pell, the Rhode Island Democrat who is chairman of a key education subcommittee.
Education
Senate Votes To Increase Math, Science Funds
The Senate has approved a $19-
billion bill to pay for federal education
programs in fiscal 1987, including
increases for Chapter 1 compensatory
education. handicapped
programs, vocational and adult education,
and Pell Grant to undergraduates.
Education
Official: Voucher Drive Stalled
The Reagan Administration will not push for a congressional vote on its compensatory-education voucher bill, but will instead be content with continued, vigorous debate on the issue, a senior Education Department official said last week.
Education
Honors and Appointments
T. Dan Dugger, a reading and mathematics instructor in the compensatory-education program at Ottway Elementary School in Greeneville, has been named the 1986 Tennessee Teacher of the Year.
Lucia French, assistant professor of education at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development of the University of Rochester, has been one of five "Spencer fellowships" awarded annually by the National Academy of Education. The award carries a stipend of $10,000 to be used for research and professional development.
Education
New York Schools Get 1-Year Stay In Felton Case
A federal district judge in Brooklyn has given the New York City Board of Education until the 1986-87 school year to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court decision barring Chapter 1 compensatory-education teachers from private-school classrooms.
Education
Congressional Panels Back Chapter 1 'Freeze'
Washington--Congressional panels that oversee the Education Department's budget have recommended a freeze in federal education spending for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Education lobbyists were particularly dismayed by the freeze in the Chapter 1 compensatory-education account, since the budget blueprint that sets spending ceilings allowed an increase at the rate of inflation in the program.
Education
Fla. Fails To Spend Chapter 1 Funds
More than $20 million of Florida's $123 million in federal compensatory-education money was unspent or misspent in the 1983-84 school year, according to a compilation of state records by the Miami News.