October 27, 1993
Education Week, Vol. 13, Issue 08
Education
News In Brief
Gov. Pete Wilson of California has vetoed legislation that would have made it easier for school districts to levy a certain kind of property tax.
Education
National News Roundup
The social well-being of Americans has reached its lowest point in 20 years, according to a study released last week by researchers from Fordham University.
Education
Channel One More Often Used In Poorer Schools, Study Finds
Schools with high concentrations of poor students are almost twice as likely to use the Channel One classroom television news show as schools with many wealthy students, a study by a University of Massachusetts researcher has found.
Education
Red Tape Ties Up Scores of Miami Students in Haiti
After being entangled in American red tape in their native Haiti for nearly six months, 13-year-old Edlaure Jean-Baptiste and her 9-year-old sister, Stephanie, returned to Miami just over a month ago and were swaddled in hugs from their parents and teachers.
Education
1990 Tax Increase May Not Sink N.J.'s Florio After All
Pulling up outside a reception given by local teachers' unions, the limousine lets out a man who just two or three years ago was the most reviled political figure in New Jersey--and who today appears headed for another four years in power.
Ed-Tech Policy
Computer Network To Connect Biology Teachers to Data, Each Other
One of the nation's leading biotechnology firms has launched a national computer network that will allow high-school-biology teachers to correspond with their colleagues and keep up with developments in the life sciences by interacting with working scientists.
Education
A.A.A.S. Outlines Its Framework for Science Education
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has published its long-awaited framework to guide the design of science curricula capable of producing "scientifically literate'' high school graduates.
Education
District News Roundup
Some 36 percent of New York City public high school students responding to a federal survey said they were threatened with physical harm at school or on their way to or from school during the 1991-92 year.
Education
3 Sex-Abuse Scandals Leave Mark on N.Y. District
Just over four years ago, when Randy Coon was looking to escape the political and fiscal turmoil he was facing as the superintendent of a school district some 70 miles west of here, he was thrilled to discover the opening for a schools chief in this small rural town.
Education
Proposed Eisenhower-Program Expansion Opposed
WASHINGTON--Mathematics and science educators are lobbying furiously for changes in a Clinton Administration proposal that calls for broadening the scope of the Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program to fund teacher-preparation programs across the curriculum.
Education
State News Roundup
The Minnesota state board of education last week approved an optional curriculum that teaches elementary school students about how to protect themselves from sexual harassment.
Education
Home Schooling, Vouchers on Voters' Minds in Va.
Home schooling and school vouchers could play a significant role in deciding the outcomes when Virginia voters go to the polls next week to select a governor and lieutenant governor.
Education
Health Column
A new report concludes that the test most commonly used to measure the level of lead present in blood cannot detect low concentrations that may pose health risks, especially to infants, children, and pregnant women.
Education
17 Cities Win N.S.F. Grants for Systemic Reforms
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.7 million in planning grants to 17 cities with large populations of poor students in the first phase of a new "urban systemic initiative.''
School Climate & Safety
Moved by Public, States Seek To Curb Youth Violence
Responding both to the gravity of the problem and to a growing public outcry, an increasing number of states are taking action to curb youth violence.
Education
Delayed Hispanic-Focused School in N.Y.C. Target of Probe
The New York City board of education has delayed the opening of a high school focusing on Hispanic culture that is the subject of a federal investigation into claims that the school would violate civil-rights laws.
Education
School-Related Measures on the Ballot in Three States
While most attention in next week's off-year elections has been focused on California's controversial school-voucher initiative, other measures with important implications for education are on the ballot in at least three states.
Education
42 Vie for Nine Board Seats in Atlanta Free-For-All
ATLANTA--When school board candidates gathered for a forum here last week, their sheer numbers prompted the event's organizers to call for a "jump-ball format,'' letting questions be answered by those who leaped first to respond.
Education
Contract Approval in Cleveland Ends Threat of Strike
Members of the Cleveland Teachers' Union last week narrowly approved the school board's last contract offer, ending the threat of a strike in the 74,000-student district.
Education
In Colo. District, Slate Seeks To Kill Pioneering Testing Program
In Littleton, Colo., where educators have pioneered new performance assessments and standards for high school graduation, a slate of three candidates is running to take control of the school board and return to what the candidates call "traditional education.''
Education
Teacher Development Seen Key to Unified Reforms
State policymakers must develop a unified vision for reform that has teacher development at its core, according to a report issued last week by the National Conference of State Legislatures and Recruiting New Teachers Inc.
Education
'Big Mouth' Parents' Group Brandishes Information as Weapon
NEW YORK--Claudia Butler's voice rises noticeably as she talks about unions, the city's central board of education, and other "educational insiders'' in the nation's largest school district.
Education
Abuse Rates Rising Faster for Older Children, Study Says
The number of cases of family abuse and neglect involving adolescents is growing at a faster rate than that for younger children, according to a report published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Education
Capital Digest
President Clinton last week signed a spending bill for fiscal 1994 that includes $28.8 billion for Education Department programs. The action came after the Senate gave final approval to the measure.
Education
People News
George J. McKenna, whose achievements as the principal of Washington Preparatory High School in Los Angeles made him the subject of a television movie, was told recently that he must step down as superintendent of the Inglewood, Calif., public schools when his contract expires next June.
Education
N.Y.C. Parents Stage Sit-In To Protest School Disruptions
Angry that their children still did not have a permanent school to attend as a result of the recent asbestos crisis, dozens of New York City parents and their children last week staged a sit-in at a Brooklyn elementary school.