January 8, 1986

Education Week, Vol. 05, Issue 17
Education People News
George H. Hanford, president of the College Board, says he will end his 30-year career with the organization, effective next August or as soon as a new president is named.

Mr. Hanford, who became president of the board in 1979 after serving in a variety of executive roles, was cited by trustees for his leadership in projects to improve secondary education and to broaden educational opportunities for minority students. John T. Casteen 3rd, president of the University of Connecticut and vice chairman of the College Board, will lead the search for Mr. Hanford's replacement.

January 8, 1986
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Education Educators Said Hit By House-Passed Pension Change
A little-noticed provision in the tax-reform bill passed by the House last month would disrupt the retirement plans of many school employees and could encourage veteran teachers to retire early to beat the rule's effective date, state pension officials say.
James Crawford, January 8, 1986
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Education The Impact of Planned Pension Change on Educators: Cases
Washington--If the House-approved tax-reform bill becomes law with its rule on contributory pensions intact, the measure would change the tax status of the vast majority of school employees who retire in the next few years.

According to the General Accounting Office, 94 percent of state pension plans--most of which include teachers--are contributory, compared with 7 percent of private-sector plans. Most local-government plans are also contributory.

January 8, 1986
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Education Texas Educators Target 'No-Pass, No-Play' Rule
Organizations representing secondary-school principals and high-school coaches in Texas have formed political-action committees for the first time in an effort to bring their concern over aspects of recent education-reform legislation--including the controversial "no-pass, no-play" rule--into the political arena.
Anne Bridgman, January 8, 1986
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Education News Update
In its ruling, the appeals court held that East Jackson Public Schools and Lapeer Community Schools could charge such fees because the athletic programs at issue were not "necessary elements of any school's activity." (See Education Week, Aug. 21, 1985.)

School boards in the state have been permitted to charge fees for participation in interscholastic sports since 1972, when the state board of education published guidelines on the matter. The state attorney general filed suit against the two school districts in 1982, contending that the practice violated the state constitution.

January 8, 1986
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Education California State Board Accepts 8 Modified Science-Text Series
The California State Board of Education has adopted eight junior-high-school science-textbook series that include books rewritten to give fuller coverage to the theory of evolution and a number of other topics.
Michael Fallon, January 8, 1986
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Education Vocational-Ed. Budget Cut Said Likely in Fiscal 1987
The Reagan Administration is preparing a fiscal 1987 budget that would substantially reduce vocational-education spending but generally freeze other school-aid programs, according to senior Education Department officials.
James Hertling, January 8, 1986
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Education High Court Declines To Review Iowa Church School's Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined last month to hear the argument of a Charles City, Iowa, Baptist church that the school it operates is protected against state regulation by the First Amendment.
Tom Mirga, January 8, 1986
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Education Senate To Take Up Tax Reform
Washington--Aided by some last-minute White House lobbying, the Democratic-controlled House last month approved its historic overhaul of the nation's tax code, only days after rebellious Republican legislators had apparently killed it.

The measure, which reduces the taxes most individuals pay and raises taxes on corporations, now goes to the Senate, where the White House has promised to lobby for a significantly different bill. Senate leaders and political observers, however, predict that the chamber will probably pass a version of the bill essentially identical to the House-passed measure.

J.R. Sirkin, January 8, 1986
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Education Opinion Reconciling Public Values, Private Practices
Not long ago, at a national conference of the association of independent schools of which I am chief executive, a well-known education writer came up to me and said, "Well, my son now goes to one of your schools, but I don't believe in them." That struck me as a curiously inconsistent comment. Then I remembered that many people have difficulty with the fact that even though I am a spokesman for private education, my four children have attended public schools almost exclusively. At times I get the feeling that my friends wonder how I live with this apparent paradox, how I reconcile what seems to be a kind of moral inconsistency.
John C. Esty Jr., January 8, 1986
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Education Senate Bill Would Deny College Financial Aid to D and F Students
Washington--College students entering their junior or senior years would have to have maintained a C average or better to qualify for federal financial aid under legislation approved by a Senate subcommittee.
J.R. Sirkin, January 8, 1986
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Education Black Pupils Fare Well in Suburbs
Despite some expectations to the contrary, black students who moved from low-income areas of Chicago to predominantly white suburbs are maintaining their grades, even though they face higher academic standards in their new suburban schools, according to a study by researchers at Northwestern University.
Tom Mirga, January 8, 1986
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Education Letter to the Editor Letters To the Editor:
Sharon Kagan makes some good points in her Commentary about schooling for 4-year-olds, but I feel that she misses the mark on the issue of teacher qualifications for providing early-childhood education ("4-Year-Olds and the Schools," Dec. 11, 1985).

The only way to ensure quality in child-development programs is by hiring qualified personnel. The quality of personnel is ensured in most cases through some form of certification and/or licensing requirements.

January 8, 1986
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