May 12, 1993
Education Week, Vol. 12, Issue 33
Education
Community Colleges Urged To Step Up Minority Aid
Community colleges are not doing enough to educate members of minority groups, and those and other institutions, including the schools, should increase their efforts to insure the success of students and staff members of color, a panel of the American Association of Community Colleges has concluded.
Education
Clinton Compromises on Immunization Proposal
WASHINGTON--Facing pressure from Congress and the pharmaceutical industry, the Clinton Administration last week backed off from its $1.1 billion-a-year proposal to buy up and provide vaccines to all children regardless of their families' ability to pay.
Education
New Yorkers Cast Ballots In Divisive Board Election
Voters in New York City's 32 community school districts went to the polls last week to cast ballots in the most closely watched school board elections in recent history.
Education
National Testing Role in Measure Flawed, Falls Short, Critics Say
WASHINGTON--By calling for a national council to "certify'' state assessment systems, the Clinton Administration's proposed "goals 2000: educate America act'' would create a significant national role in testing policy.
Education
O.C.R. Urges 'Forceful' Reaction to Harassment of Children
The U.S. Education Department has found that the Eden Prairie, Minn., school district violated federal anti-discrimination law by failing to respond "forcefully'' to charges that students as young as age 6 were being sexually harassed by other students.
Education
National News Roundup
Child-nutrition programs in the United States are plagued by underfunding, "bureaucratic red tape,'' and misconceptions that limit their scope and potential, a report published by a national advocacy group charges.
Education
People News
Roland Tharp and Ronald Gallimore, two professors in the University of California system, have won the 1993 Grawemeyer Award in Education.
Education
Their Own Little World
Changes in the science curriculum are sparking a sense of adventure at one Iowa high school.
Education
Q & A: Director Discusses N.E.A. Center on Public Education
To help provide local and state affiliates with information on privatization and other trends that affect public education, the National Education Association in February established a clearinghouse for information on such issues.
Education
Merck Launches $20 Million Science Initiative
A worldwide chemical-research and pharmaceuticals company based in New Jersey has launched a $20 million initiative to enhance elementary teachers' knowledge of science and mathematics and to support systemic reform in those subjects.
Education
Cleveland Student-Assignment Plan Focus on Reform, Race Balance
The Cleveland board of education is expected this week to consider whether to drastically scale back the school district's 17-year-old mandatory-desegregation program in favor of a voluntary system that its supporters say is geared more toward improving educational quality.
Education
Minn. Bill Seeks To Bolster Move to Outcomes System
Minnesota legislators were expected to reach agreement late last week on an education bill that would support the state's efforts to move to an outcomes-based education system.
Education
Governor Seeks Scrutiny of Milwaukee Busing Plan
A widely acclaimed, state-funded voluntary-busing program involving Milwaukee and its suburbs is coming under increasing scrutiny by Wisconsin policymakers and could face termination within a few years.
Education
News Updates
A federal appeals court has rejected claims by a black educators' group that Las Vegas school officials intentionally segregated students.
Education
G.A.O. Outlines Federal Steps To Promote Reform
Congress could take a variety of steps to encourage districts to engage in systemwide reform, a study released by the General Accounting Office concludes.
Education
State News Roundup
Disabled students in Indiana are waiting too long for placements in private residential facilities, a federal judge has ruled.
Education
'Goals 2000' Clears First Hurdle, But Obstacles Remain
WASHINGTON--The Clinton Administration's education-reform package cleared its first legislative hurdle last week, but it was apparent that the "goals 2000: educate America act'' faces significant obstacles.
Education
New York Chancellor Ousts Board Amid Allegations of Corruption
Chancellor Joseph A. Fernandez of the New York City public schools last week removed an entire Bronx community school board from office following allegations of corruption against some board members.
Education
Professional-Development Schools Flourish Despite Some Doubts
When George L. Mehaffy, the director of teacher education at San Diego State University, was preparing for this year's meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, he put a brief announcement in the association's newsletter asking people who were involved with professional-development schools to submit one-page descriptions of their work.
Education
Vocational Education Column
In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education last week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich suggested that the Clinton Administration may introduce its school-to-work initiative as part of an omnibus workforce-development bill.
Education
Highlights of Measure's Skills-Standards Provisions
WASHINGTON--Following are highlights of the national skills-standards board proposed by President Clinton in the "goals 2000: educate America act.'' The Administration is seeking $15 million for the board in fiscal 1994.
Education
Judge Approves Plan To Revamp Spec.-Ed. Programs in Boston
Signaling an end to a 17-year-old lawsuit against the Boston school system, a Massachusetts judge has approved a major reorganization of the district's troubled special-education programs.
Education
News in Brief
The states' slow recovery from their longstanding budget woes is due largely to continued belt-tightening, rather than to a robust economy, a new fiscal survey suggests.
Education
Skepticism, Concern Greet Fast-Track Plan For Skills Standards
WASHINGTON--Plans to move quickly on the creation of a national board that would endorse skills standards and certificates in a variety of industries ran into skepticism and concern last week on Capitol Hill and among members of the education and business communities.
Education
Capital Digest
The Clinton Administration last week proposed an enterprise-zone program for urban and rural communities that calls for creating 30 "enterprise schools.''
Education
Whittle Fights To Open Door for Channel One in N.Y.
Eager to increase the market for Channel One in the nation's two most populous states, Whittle Communications is heavily lobbying legislators and regents in New York State to overturn a ban on the program there and warily watching the progress of yet another bill to ban the program in California.
Education
State Journal: Tie-vote trouble; Foreign competition
It was embarrassing enough for Christine Todd Whitman and James Wallwork, who are running for the Republican nomination for governor of New Jersey, when it was revealed that they did not vote in their local school elections last month.