February 12, 1992

Education Week, Vol. 11, Issue 21
Education Grant To Help Latino Aides Become Teachers
The Ford Foundation has provided the University of Sou them California with the first installment of a three-year, $1.2-million grant for a project that will help Latino paraprofessionals in Los Angeles-area schools become teachers.
February 12, 1992
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Education People News
Peter R. Greer, the interim superintendent of the Chelsea, Mass., schools, has announced his resignation effective July 1.
February 12, 1992
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Education R.I. Report Doubts Savings From Merging Districts
A plan to drastically reduce the number of school districts in Rhode Island appears doomed after a special commission issued preliminary recommendations saying that "regionalization" would not save as much money as originally hoped.
Daniel Gursky, February 12, 1992
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Education Schools Fear I.N.S. Rules May Increase Paperwork
School administrators who hire substitute teachers are concerned that rules published last year by the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service may burden them with a mountain of new paperwork.
Daniel Gursky, February 12, 1992
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Education International 'Literacy Gap' Documented
The "literacy gap" among workers in industrialized nations is not due to falling educational standards but rather to the higher skill levels needed in the workplace, according to a new international report.
February 12, 1992
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Education Schools' 'Glass Ceiling' Imperils Girls, Study Says
Girls face pervasive barriers to achievement throughout their precollegiate schooling and are "systematically discouraged" from pursuing studies that would enhance their prospects for well-paying jobs, a study to be released this week contends.
Millicent Lawton, February 12, 1992
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Education News in Brief
Every prospective teacher in Minnesota would have to complete a yearlong internship, under a plan outlined by the Minnesota Board of Teaching.
February 12, 1992
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Curriculum Claims of Success By 'Hooked on Phonics' Called Into Question
By now, millions of Americans have encountered the radio or television commercials for ''Hooked on Phonics." By purchasing the $179.95 kit, the advertisements proclaim, children can become "super readers," and illiterate adults, in the privacy of their own homes, can finally learn how to read.
Debra Viadero, February 12, 1992
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Education Column One: Curriculum
The World Wildlife Fund has launched a national environmental education initiative to teach students that their lives are interconnected with those of plants and other species of animals.
February 12, 1992
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Education Self-Styled 'Education President' Places His Record Before Voters
In declaring himself the "education President" in 1988, George Bush virtually guaranteed education a spot in his 1992 campaign.
Lynn Olson & Julie A. Miller, February 12, 1992
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Education Capital Digest
President Bush's long-awaited health-care plan, which was announced last week, would give families tax credits worth up to $3,750 a year to buy health insurance.
February 12, 1992
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Education Maryland District, Teachers Clash Over Use of Furloughs
The Prince George's County (Md.) Board of Education and the local teachers' union clashed last week when the district rescheduled a week of employee-furlough days to avoid paying teachers unemployment benefits for the time off.
Meg Sommerfeld, February 12, 1992
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Education California University Comes to Richmond's Aid
Faced with a textbook example of a school district in trouble, faculty and students at the University of California at Berkeley have dropped the textbooks and come to the aid of the Richmond Unified School District.
Peter Schmidt, February 12, 1992
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Education Middle-Income Districts Laud Revised Aid Plan in N.J.
A $341-million technical change in New Jersey's $4.4-billion school finance system has triggered an entire reshuffling of state aid, casting moderate-wealth school districts as big winners and potentially shifting the balance of political and lobbying power on the eve of the legislature's expected debate this session over changes in the funding system.
Lonnie Harp, February 12, 1992
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English-Language Learners Bilingual Education Column
As more than 5,000 educators gathered in Albuquerque, N.M., last month for the annual conference of the National Association for Bilingual Education, the prospects for their primary cause--instruction in a child's native language--looked as bright as they have at any time in recent years.
February 12, 1992
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Education Partisan Politics Puts Its Imprint on N.G.A. Meeting
WASHINGTON-An attempt by the nation's governors to maintain the spirit of bipartisan cooperation that has characterized their work on education over the past few years careered out of control here last week, as they engaged in a heated debate with President Bush and with each other about the Administration's economic policies.
Lynn Olson, February 12, 1992
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Education La Raza Details Hispanics' Low Level of Education
WASHINGTON--Hispanics remain the most undereducated major segment of the nation's population, according to a report issued last week by the National Council of La Raza, an umbrella organization for Hispanic groups.
Peter Schmidt, February 12, 1992
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Education Appellate Court Rejects Race-Based Scholarships
A federal appeals court has ruled that a University of Maryland scholarship program for black students is unconstitutional unless it is shown I to be a remedy for the present-day effects of past acts of racial discrimination.
Mark Walsh, February 12, 1992
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Education Standards for Schools Essential, Too, Lawmakers Say
National standards for schools and school systems are essential if students are to attain new performance standards set forth in a recent report, members of a House subcommittee said here last week.
Robert Rothman, February 12, 1992
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Education Head of Catholic-Schools Association Intercedes in Indiana Contract Dispute
An ongoing contract dispute between Catholic school teachers and their bishop in an Indiana diocese has entered the national spotlight with the outspoken involvement of the president of the National Association of Catholic School Teachers.
Millicent Lawton, February 12, 1992
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Education Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
February 12, 1992
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Education Legislative Update
The following are summaries of governors' budget requests for precollegiate education and highlights of proposals that rank high on the states' education agendas. Final legislative action on state budgets will be reported in the months ahead.
February 12, 1992
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Education Complex Set of Pieces Needed To Fill In School-Readiness Puzzle
The success of the six national education goals, many educators and policy analysts maintain, hinges to a great degree on the first: ensuring that, by the year 2000, all children enter school ready to learn.
Deborah L. Cohen, February 12, 1992
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Education Montessori Magnet Schools Suggest Reforms in Math, Science
Sprawled on the floor around multi-colored mats in this otherwise conventional classroom, two children collecting materials suddenly turn their gaze to a rabbit that is loping slowly across the floor.
Peter West, February 12, 1992
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Education State Journal: Pop go the schools; 'Wimp' lobby; Chastity bill chastised
In the first flush of enthusiasm of the new legislative year, lawmakers across the nation are tackling a highly diverse array of education related bills.
February 12, 1992
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Education Miss. Educators Are Rebuffed in Effort To Reclaim $30 Million in School Aid
Mississippi educators, who have mounted a major effort to win restoration of $30 million in state school aid cut last year, have fallen short in their first test of legislative strength on the issue.
Meg Sommerfeld, February 12, 1992
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Education District News Roundup
A federal appeals court has dismissed a teacher's race-discrimination lawsuit against an Indiana school district and rejected her attempt to retroactively apply the Civil Rights Act of 1991 to her case.
February 12, 1992
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Education State News Roundup
The growth of Georgia's educational bureaucracy over the past two decades has siphoned an additional 24 cents of each education dollar away from classroom instruction, a public-policy think tank asserts in a recent report.
February 12, 1992
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Education Discovery of Budget Shortfail Prompts L.A. Board To Postpone Contract Vote
The Los Angeles Unified School District has postponed ratification of its contract with district teachers following the discovery of a $150-million shortfall in the school system's budget.
Peter Schmidt, February 12, 1992
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