February 19, 1992
Education Week, Vol. 11, Issue 22
Education
Suburban Residency Shows Little Tie To School, Work Success, Study Finds
A longitudinal study of student achievement in science and mathematics in both urban and non-urban schools indicates that enrollment in a suburban school system dot's not, in itself, appear to be a good indicator of academic or future career success.
Education
Scientists Debate Claims Of Afrocentric Teachings
An attempt to lay the groundwork for a multicultural approach to precollegiate science instruction gave way to a hot debate here over whether a widely adopted "Afro-centric" science-curriculum document actually espouses "pseudoscience.
Education
Public Awareness of Need To Improve Schools Gauged
Even after exposure to an intensive public-awareness campaign on the need to improve education and workforce skills, many parents still believe that their local public schools are adequate and that problem schools only exist elsewhere, a new study suggests.
Education
'Entrepreneurial Spirit' Is the Key To Reviving Schools, Book Argues
Forcing schools to compete for students and money holds the key to unlocking the "bureaucratic gridlock" that hamstrings public education, a new book released last week argues.
Education
'Bucks for Baldness'
A shave-and-a-haircut costs more than two bits these days at Milford (N.Y.) Central High School-in fact, it can run as high as $10,000.
Education
State Journal: Referendum fears; Remedial manners
Warning of the potential dangers to education posed by the initiative and referendum process, the powerful New Jersey Education Association is vowing to oppose a new effort to give voters in that state the authority to approve their own laws.
Education
Philanthropy Column
Just as Japanese corporations corporations are exploring new avenues for philanthropic activity in the United States, Corporate Philanthropy Report has published three guides to help to help educators and others connect with Japanese grantmakers.
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.
Education
Infant-Mortality Rate Hits New Low, C.D.C. Reports
The infant-mortality rate for babies born in the United States dropped to a new low in 1989, 9.8 deaths per 1,000 live births, the U.S. Center for Disease Control reported this month/
Education
Column One: Research
Financial problems and the complexities of improving schools may hamper a revival of the school-reform movement that flourished in the mid-1980's, a report by the Consortium on Policy Research in Education concludes.
Education
Q&A: Historian Outlines Project To Assess Federal Research Agency
To help the U.S. Education Department's office of educational research and improvement think through its mission, Diane S. Ravitch, the assistant secretary of education who heads the office, last month asked Maris A. Vinovskis, an education historian from the University of Michigan, to study the research that has been conducted at the O.E.R.I.
Education
Capital Digest
Federal grants are the main source of drug-education and prevention funding in more than half of the nation's rural school districts, the General Accounting Office has found.
Education
Engler's New Finance Plan in Michigan Would Shift Burden of Retirement Costs
Taking a new tack toward resolving Michigan's long-running dispute over school-finance equity, Gov. John M. Engler has announced a plan to help close the gap between rich and poor districts by making better-off systems bear more of the burden of school-employee retirement costs.
Education
Md. Governor Lists Options To Remedy $ 1 .2 Billion Gap
In the face of a projected $1.2-billion budget deficit, Gov. William Donald Schaefer has offered Maryland lawmakers a stark choice: either approve a major revenue-raising proposal or accept a "doomsday budget" making cuts of unprecedented severity in education and other state programs.
Education
Federal File: On the road; Budget flap; Duel by press release
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander made his first campaign appearances on behalf of President Bush last week, a low-key swing through New Hampshire that went unreported by the national media.
Education
Against All Odds
Every day, Michael Ward wears a button that says "BAU," overlaid with a red slash, the universal symbol for "no."
Education
Learnfare Fails To Boost Attendance, New Study Finds
Learnfare, Wisconsin's pioneering effort to link public assistance to school attendance, has not resulted in improved attendance among students whose families are on welfare, the first comprehensive study of the program has found.
Education
N.S.T.A. and Monsanto Seek To Promote Reforms in Elementary Science Teaching
WASHINGTON-- In an ambitions effort to improve elementary science teaching, several hundred science educators met here this month to develop a "tool kit" of techniques to help them implement change at the district level.
Education
Health Column
If approximately 80 percent of all urban 2-year olds received the measles vaccine, moat measles outbreaks could be prevented, the results of a new study suggest.
Education
Tying Teacher Pay to Student Performance Still Rare
Although teacher-incentive programs exist in half the states, plans such as the one in Granville County, N.C., that tie individual teacher bonuses to student performance are still relatively rare.
Education
Publishing Column
The American Association for Counseling and Development has entered the magazine-publishing arena for the first time in its 40-year history, launching a broadly focused journal to address the professional needs of its 60,000 members and other counselors working in education, health care, human-development agencies, industry, and other areas.
Education
Labor Panel Report on Job Skills Designed To Aid Educators
A Labor Department panel making final revisions to its two-year report on changing skill demands for workers is preparing to release a 500-page supplementary report meant to grab the attention of teachers, curriculum officials, and counselors.
Education
Campaign To Feed Russian Youths Seeks Participation of American Schools
Responding to a personal plea from an official of the Russian Ministry of Education, a fledgling volunteer group is asking American schoolchildren to raise money for emergency food relief for their Russian counterpart.
Education
Calif. Settles Lawsuit Filed in Creationism Dispute
The California Department of Education has settled a federal lawsuit brought against it by a Christian graduate school that arose from a dispute over the school's creationism-based curriculum.
Education
States Move To Link Welfare Benefits to Personal Behavior
Seeking to stem rising welfare rolls, cut spending, and champion "mainstream values," several states have plunged into a highly controversial, yet largely untested, area of welfare reform: linking benefits to personal behavior.
Education
4 Urban Districts Awarded $4.6 Million for Libraries
The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund has awarded public-education funds in four urban school districts $4.6 million to revive their libraries.
Education
National Groups Promise Steps To Combat Inequities for Girls
WASHINGTON--Leaders of nearly three dozen national education and youth-serving groups assembled here last week to begin outlining a plan for adopting recommendations from a report that concludes girls are being shortchanged by schools.
Education
Calif. Town Declares Itself Slum in Quest For State School Aid
Ask the Hemet, Calif., chamber of commerce to portray the community, and you will get a glowing tribute to a quiet town of about 50,000 located in the heart of a fertile valley. It is the home of the annual Ramona Pageant, a springtime play reviving romantic visions of Old California. Once a retirement community, it is being redefined by an influx of younger residents.
Education
Ind. Bill To Create Teacher-Majority Board Advances
Backed by the formidable lobbying clout of the state's teachers' unions, a bill to establish an autonomous, teacher-majority board to license and certify teachers has cleared the Indiana legislature.