October 28, 1987
Schools in Solvay, a tiny community near Syracuse, were left with a 34 percent budget shortfall for the current fiscal year after Allied-Signal refused to pay $1.4 million in property taxes.
When Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, proposed a "Star Schools" program to fund educational telecommunications networks, critics called it a "boondoggle" to support a project underway in his home state. The recently unveiled appropriations language buttresses their case.
Betty Castor, who wields a considerable amount of clout in Florida as the state's chief school officer, hopes to expand her sphere of influence even further by landing a spot on the national Democratic Party's platform committee.
A survey released this month of student-teaching directors at 61 Holmes Group schools found:
Judge Peter Ciolino also sentenced 11 secretaries and 15 custodians who honored the teachers' picket line to 12 hours of service.
Located in 38 states and two Canadian provinces, the schools were chosen in recognition of their high-quality programs in English-language arts. Since the program is intended to promote excellence in the teaching of English, ncte officials note, the schools being honored have agreed to supply written descriptions of their programs and to arrange for educators from other schools to sit in on classes. Educators are encouraged to visit the schools or to write them for information about the programs cited.
Precollegiate education has emerged as a major campaign issue in the three states holding gubernatorial elections next month, with all candidates having developed highly detailed platforms on school matters.
By a 4-to-3 vote, the board last week moved to reopen debate on the year-round proposal. A final vote on the plan has been postponed until March 1, a district spokesman said.
"I found that Hollywood was the glamorous girlfriend, but that teaching was the woman I had married," said Mr. Russo, who is teaching college-bound students this fall at the Newbridge School, a private school in Los Angeles.
In all, 29 of Maine's 146 district superintendents have retired or resigned in the past year, more than in any year in recent memory, according to Richard H. Card, deputy commissioner of education. While most of the vacancies were filled over the summer, Mr. Card said last week, four districts have yet to find full-time replacements, and a fifth has received notice that its superintendent will resign Dec. 1 to take a job in Massachusetts.
Familiar with the per-pupil expenditures, graduation requirements, and standards of many states, I question the ranking of Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee above New York, California, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. I would be very interested in knowing more about how you arrived at the ratings you listed in the article.