June 16, 1993

Education Week, Vol. 12, Issue 38
Education Advocate Brings a New Focus to Civil-Rights Office
The swearing-in last month of a longtime civil-rights lawyer as head of the Education Department's office for civil rights symbolizes what many predict will be dramatic policy differences between the Clinton Administration and its two most recent Republican predecessors.
Julie A. Miller, June 16, 1993
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Education Tax Defeat in Montana Clouds Funding Outlook for Schools
Montana voters last week resoundingly defeated a proposed state sales tax, part of which would have been used to relieve school districts of the costs of teacher pensions and student transportation.
Peter West, June 16, 1993
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2 min read
Education Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
June 16, 1993
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Education Column One: Teachers
The Pinellas County, Fla., public schools have received a Sterling Award from Gov. Lawton Chiles for their efforts to mesh the principles of total-quality management with education.
June 16, 1993
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2 min read
Education Educators Accept Challenge of Teaching in Detention Center
FAIRFAX, VA.--At first glance, Bretton Spar's classroom here looks not unlike those in many American schools.
Joanna Richardson, June 16, 1993
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7 min read
Education Critics Question the Accuracy, Bias of Environmental Education
As scientists begin reassessing the nature and severity of such environmental conditions as ozone depletion and global warming, critics--including some environmentalists--are questioning both the accuracy and the ideological slant of environmental education in the classroom.
Peter West, June 16, 1993
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10 min read
Education Standards Deviation: Benchmark-Setting Is Marked by Diversity
As national efforts to determine what students should know and be able to do get into full swing, one point is becoming increasingly clear: Education standards will be anything but standardized.
Debra Viadero, June 16, 1993
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18 min read
Education Court's Action Offers No Peace in the 'War' On Graduation Prayer
Backers of the practice of offering prayers at public school graduation ceremonies claimed a victory last week as the U.S. Supreme Court let stand an appeals-court ruling that approved student-initiated and student-led invocations and benedictions at such events.
Mark Walsh, June 16, 1993
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4 min read
Education Federal File
Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley's effort to create an esprit de corps and instill a sense of purpose at what he has called a "demoralized'' agency are in view on walls throughout the Education Department.
June 16, 1993
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1 min read
Education People News
Michael Milken, the former Drexel Burnham Lambert financier convicted of violating federal securities laws in 1990, will work with the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program in Los Angeles as part of his sentence.
June 16, 1993
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1 min read
Education District News Roundup
A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a group of low-income parents in the Los Angeles area who sought state-funded vouchers to send their children to private schools.
June 16, 1993
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Education Appointments
In the Schools
Todd F. Avis, director of admissions and academic coordinator of summer programs, The Gow School, South Wales, N.Y., to principal, Hillsdale Academy, Hillsdale, Mich.
June 16, 1993
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School Choice & Charters Romer Signs Standards, Charter-Schools Bills in Colorado
Gov. Roy Romer of Colorado has signed into law bills creating a new standards and assessments system in the state and allowing for the establishment of charter schools.
Mark Walsh, June 16, 1993
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Education Impact of Tex. Finance Law, Budget Increase Gauged
The school-finance law approved by Texas lawmakers in an effort to reduce funding gaps between high- and low-wealth school districts could end up hurting poor schools more over all, a new study suggests.
Lonnie Harp, June 16, 1993
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3 min read
Education Court Lifts City's Ban on Blood Rites
WASHINGTON--Acting in a case with implications for schools, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that Hialeah, Fla., violated the religious rights of adherents of the Santerian religion by banning animal sacrifice, an integral ritual of the Santerian faith.
June 16, 1993
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Education State News Roundup
The Delaware state board of education has moved to end the federal-court supervision of four New Castle County school districts resulting from a landmark desegregation case.
June 16, 1993
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1 min read
Education Prevention Efforts in Jr High Said Not To Curb Later Drug Use
School-based programs to combat adolescent drug use lose their effectiveness once the lessons have ended, a team of RAND Corporation researchers has concluded in a new report.
Jessica Portner, June 16, 1993
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Education Q&A: Teacher Describes School She and Her Colleagues Created
In an effort to take their own ideas and create a new learning environment, six teachers at Roland Park Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore have formed a teacher-run "school within a school'' there.
June 16, 1993
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Education Excerpts From Supreme Court Decision in Lamb's Chapel Case
Following are excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court's majority and concurring opinions in Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District.
June 16, 1993
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12 min read
Education E.D. Weighs Policy Shift To Tie Student Aid to Jobs
The U.S. Education Department is apparently considering a shift in federal student-aid policy that would significantly affect whether attendees of trade, technical, and vocational schools are eligible for federal assistance.
Mark Pitsch, June 16, 1993
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4 min read
Education Deadlines
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June 16, 1993
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Education Former E.D. Official, Xerox Chief Kearns To Head NASDC
The New American Schools Development Corporation has elected David T. Kearns, the former Deputy Secretary of Education under President Bush, to be its president and chairman of the board.
Lynn Olson, June 16, 1993
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Education National News Roundup
Federal and state authorities last week were investigating the abrupt closure of a Massachusetts company that owed trips to Europe to as many as 5,000 people, the majority of them high school students and teachers.
June 16, 1993
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3 min read
Education Incentives May Boost Test Scores, Two Studies Find
Providing students with incentives such as payment for correct answers may help boost their scores on such examinations as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, two new studies suggest.
Debra Viadero, June 16, 1993
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4 min read
Education Cities of Hope: In Baltimore, Lifting a 'Sinking' Community
This article is the last in a series of three to explore new strategies being used by the philanthropic community to aid urban America.
Meg Sommerfeld, June 16, 1993
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8 min read
Education States Have Skills Standards For Over 60 Jobs, Survey Finds
States have developed skills standards for what workers should know and be able to do for more than 60 occupations, ranging from store manager to electrician, according to an unpublished survey by the National Association of State Directors of Vocational Technical Education.
Lynn Olson, June 16, 1993
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Education Compromise Bill Seen Changing Way Schools Operate in Mass.
After a two-and-a-half-year drive by educators, politicians, and the business community to produce a comprehensive education-reform bill, the Massachusetts legislature last week gave final approval to an initiative that backers say will radically alter the state's public schools.
Karen Diegmueller, June 16, 1993
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Education Legislative Update
The following are summaries of final action by legislatures on education-related matters.
June 16, 1993
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Education State Journal
Left out
Gov. James E. Folsom Jr.'s choice of members for a new state panel on Alabama's school-finance system has angered some in the education community and stirred up political conflict.
June 16, 1993
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