July 14, 1993
Education Week, Vol. 12, Issue 39 extra edition
Education
University-District Alliance Aiming for Seamless K-16 System
For years, the University of Southern Colorado and School District 60 here have had no more in common than most local school districts and their neighboring universities. Aside from a handful of programs designed to assist students at both levels, the two entities have gone about their business with only perfunctory contact.
Education
N.E.A. Delegates Endorse Talks on Merger of Unions
After three years of renewed debate over merging with their union's chief rival, members of the National Education Association voted at their annual meeting here this month to take a step in that direction.
Education
Chicago Picks a School Chief as N.Y.C. Considers Others
After a six-month national search, the Chicago Board of Education has selected Argie K. Johnson, a top New York City school administrator, to be the district's general superintendent.
Education
Approval Expected for Ambitious Early-Years Plan in N.C.
North Carolina would launch one of the most ambitious state efforts to provide early-childhood services for all children who need them and boost child-care quality statewide, under a measure that was nearing final approval in the legislature last week.
Education
State News Roundup
Schools and colleges in Maryland will soon have the opportunity to join a statewide fiber-optic telephone network that will allow them to transmit voice, video, and data, officials have announced.
Education
Capital Digest
The House Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights last month unanimously approved legislation to reauthorize, and significantly reorganize, the Education Department's research branch.
Education
Media Column
The four major broadcast television networks--ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox--drew both praise and skepticism for their announcement late last month that they would voluntarily begin to put warning labels on violent programming.
Education
Justices Let Stand Ruling in Topeka Desegregation Lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a federal appeals court ruling that the Topeka, Kan., school district has failed to desegregate completely in the 39 years after the High Court's watershed ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
Education
District News Roundup
A Milwaukee student who objected on constitutional grounds to the search of his school locker in 1990 did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has concluded.
Education
Books: New in Print
Educational Policy
Japan and the Pursuit of a New American Identity, by Walter Feinberg (Routledge, 29 W. 35th St., New York, N.Y. 10001-2299; 215 pp. $25 cloth). Argues that American education has been defined by conservative discourse, which positions schools and students as "weapons'' in an international competition with the Japanese.
Japan and the Pursuit of a New American Identity, by Walter Feinberg (Routledge, 29 W. 35th St., New York, N.Y. 10001-2299; 215 pp. $25 cloth). Argues that American education has been defined by conservative discourse, which positions schools and students as "weapons'' in an international competition with the Japanese.
Education
Legislative Update
The following are summaries of final action by legislatures on education-related matters.
Education
'Strong Democracy' Yields Improvement In Chicago Reforms
The idea that increasing public involvement in Chicago's schools could lead to substantial improvements in the classroom--the driving force behind the city's four-year-old reform effort--has been borne out by experience, a major report to be released this week concludes.
Education
Kan. District Continues 'Next Century' Reforms
Kansas City, Kan., school officials last month agreed to provide partial funding for reforms at a local school that were begun with a grant in 1990 from the RJR Nabisco Foundation's "Next Century Schools'' program.
Education
News Updates
The New York State board of regents has reaffirmed its ban on the Channel One classroom television-news program.
Education
Brush Up on Political, P.R. Skills, Reports Tell Reformers
School-reform advocates need to hone their political and public-relations skills, a pair of new reports conclude.
Education
Idealism, Skepticism Mark Kickoff Of Community-Service Initiative
Teachers at Emerson Elementary School here cheered as volunteers painted murals, built a puppet theater, made stage backdrops for school productions, and catalogued materials in the library, which has no librarian due to budget cuts.
Education
High-Wage Jobs Need Better Preparation, Clinton Tells N.E.A.
En route to Tokyo for his economic summit meeting with the leaders of the G-7 industrial nations, President Clinton made a stopover here last week to address one of the voting blocs that helped insure that he, and not George Bush, would be making the trip to Japan.
Education
Sharply Divided House Panel Amends 'Goals 2000'
WASHINGTON--The House Education and Labor Committee last month approved the Clinton Administration's education-reform bill, but only after adding amendments the Administration opposes.
Education
W.Va. Clears Way for Requiring NCATE Approval of Teacher Colleges
Public teacher education institutions in West Virginia are expected to undergo national accreditation, as a result of a measure approved by the legislature.
Education
National News Roundup
To enhance the response of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States to charges of sexual misconduct by its clergy, the president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops has appointed seven bishops to serve on an ad hoc committee on sexual abuse.
Education
Tax-Refund Ruling Clouds Fiscal Outlook for Some States
Up to 16 states may face new budgetary pressures as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering refunds of state income taxes imposed on the pensions of retired federal workers.
Education
State Math, Science Requirements Paying Off, Study Says
States have made big strides in encouraging students to take tougher mathematics and science courses, an analysis by the Council of Chief State School Officers concludes.
School Choice & Charters
Charter-Schools Idea Gaining Converts in Legislatures
During a family vacation to Disneyland last December, Rep. Robert A. Perls of New Mexico spotted newspaper accounts of a new California law permitting the creation of charter schools.
Education
Private School Column
In an uncharacteristic public airing of an independent school's internecine feuding, three former trustees of Miami's Palmer Trinity School have sued 14 current and former trustees over what they say is a breach of the agreement between the Palmer School and Trinity Episcopal School when the two merged two years ago.
Education
K-12 Funds Held Steady As Calif. Budget Passes
California lawmakers have approved a budget that will hold most K-12 spending steady while passing much of the fiscal sacrifice on to counties and cities.
Education
Joint Media Venture To Bring Free News Videos to Schools
Four media companies have launched a joint venture to provide free news and current-events videotapes, classroom wall posters, and other materials to elementary schools.
Education
L.A. Chief Overhauls Management, Plans School Clusters
Responding to criticism that the Los Angeles school district is top-heavy, Superintendent Sid Thompson has announced a two-year plan to reorganize the administration and create 25 self-governing clusters of schools.