October 7, 1992
Education Week, Vol. 12, Issue 05
Education
Ford Gives 'Innovation' Awards to 2 School Programs
Two school programs in Los Angeles
and Cambridge, Mass., are
among the 10 winners in an annual
program that recognizes innovative
public-sector initiatives.
Education
Chicago Principals' Group Votes To Cancel After-School Activities
Chicago high school principals last week canceled all winter and spring extracurricular activities in response to a 43 percent cut in the budget for after-school programs by the city's school board.
Education
National News Roundup
An annual survey of the compensation of the chief executives of national associations finds that, when education and other factors are controlled for, there is a "significant difference'' between the salaries paid to male and female executives.
Education
Q&A: Professor Discusses Superintendents' Reform Mission
Statement In an effort to reassert their role in school reform, a group of 21 superintendents from throughout Pennsylvania have banded together to produce a "mission statement.''
Education
Federal File: Priority promises; Trying again?
At a recent event, Rep. John Conyers Jr. effectively urged a room full of education lobbyists to vote 76 of his fellow House Democrats out of office this November.
Education
N.H. Board Votes To Eliminate Most Standards for Schools
Despite strong opposition from major
education groups, the New Hampshire
state board of education has voted
to eliminate a number of statewide
minimum standards for schools.
Education
TV Stations Faulted for Dearth of Educational Fare
One year after the Children's Television Act went into effect, some television stations are asserting that cartoons such as "The Jetsons'' and reruns of "Leave It to Beaver'' comply with the law's mandate for programs that meet the educational and informational needs of children, an advocacy group charged last week.
English-Language Learners
Bilingual Lessons From Australia
James Crawford, a Washington-based journalist with a special interest in the politics of language, particularly as reflected in U.S. bilingual-education policies, has two new books on the subject. The first, Language Loyalties, is an anthology subtitled "A Source Book on the Official English Controversy.'' The second, excerpted below, is Hold Your Tongue, a broad-scale exploration of "the relationship between our common tongue and our national identity'':
Education
Contract Accord in Detroit Ends 27-Day Teacher Strike
Detroit teachers returned to work last week after reaching an agreement on a two-year contract that settled a 27-day strike.
Education
Philanthropy
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has announced that it will offer more than $100,000 in incentive grants to schools interested in implementing the Work, Achievement, Values, and Education dropout-prevention program.
Education
Rights of Children, Roles of Families Eyed in Fla. Case
The decision by a Florida judge granting a boy's request to terminate his mother's parental rights was significant in allowing a minor to seek protection of his own interests in court, experts across a wide range of disciplines agree.
Education
Column One: Administration
Some 40 principals from 24 states met in Delaware this summer for a three-week program designed to help them lead restructuring efforts in their schools.
Education
Governance, Lottery Initiatives Seen Linked in Ga.
For Gov. Zell Miller and several education groups in Georgia, the prospects for a major reform in local school governance are riding on a game of chance.
Education
Foundations Respond to Critique of Girls' Education
In the seven months since the release
of a ground-breaking report
charging that the nation's schools
systematically shortchange girls
academically and thwart their
chances for well-paying careers, the
philanthropic community has begun
to ponder how the report's conclusions
might affect the funding of
new projects in education research
and reform.
Education
State News Roundup
The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that a state law barring the hiring of professional strikebreakers does not apply to schools.
Education
N.S.F. Sets Goal To Triple Minority Science Teaching Force
The National Science Foundation has proposed tripling the number of black and Hispanic teachers of science and mathematics by the end of the decade as one goal of a national "action plan'' for increasing ethnic diversity in technical fields.
Education
Suit Seeking Vouchers for L.A. Pupils Survives State Challenge
California education officials have suffered a setback in their attempts to derail a lawsuit demanding private school vouchers for a group of low-income students in Los Angeles-area public schools.
Education
State Journal: Tightwad review; Open-records quandary
State Comptroller John Sharp of Texas, who has made a reputation of searching for ways to twist money out of bloated state agencies and programs, has turned his magnifying glass on one of the Lone Star State's biggest bureaucracies--the Texas Education Agency.
Education
S.C. Unveils Curriculum Frameworks To Spur Reforms and Guide Learning
South Carolina education officials last week unveiled draft curriculum frameworks intended to revitalize the teaching of foreign languages, the arts, and mathematics.
Education
Lobbying Group Outlines Plan for Need-Based Impact Aid
The federal impact-aid program should be simplified and focused on areas of greatest need, a national lobbying organization representing school districts that receive the assistance urged last week.
Education
Teacher Unions Try New Strategies To Lobby for Share of State Funding
Prospects for the public schools in recession-racked New York State looked bleak last spring as educators braced for an anticipated $240 million reduction in state aid, the third massive cut in as many years. But when it came time to adopt a budget, legislators not only spared education but slightly increased funding to schools.
Education
Report Critical of How Girls Are Taught Draws Praise for Its Data on Minorities
One aspect of the American Ass0-
ciation of University Women's report
on how schools educate girls
that has elicited praise from the
philanthropic community is its inclusion
of research on girls who belong
to ethnic and racial minority
groups.
Education
Sentenced to Sinatra
You've heard of "The Breakfast Club.'' Now meet "The Frank Sinatra Detention Club.''
Education
New Approaches Blurring the Line Between Public and Private Schools
This article is the first in an occasional series on new arrangements for providing public education.
Education
Reform Measure Dies--Except as Campaign Issue?
WASHINGTON--Legislation to support state and local school-reform efforts and authorize a federal role in developing national education standards died last week--except, possibly, as a campaign issue.
Education
Legislative Update
The following are summaries of final actions by legislatures on education-related matters.
Education
Cleveland Civic Group Calls for School Reforms
The Cleveland school district needs to overhaul how it does business if it is to gain public confidence and improve the schooling of its 71,000 students, according to a report commissioned by the Cleveland Initiative for Education.
Education
Court To Weigh Adding Cases to New Term's Docket
After an eventful year that included important rulings on desegregation, graduation prayers, and sexual harassment in the schools, the U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term this week without any major education cases on its docket.