November 3, 1993
Education Week, Vol. 13, Issue 09
Education
Ala. Judge Sets Deadlines for Developing Finance, Reform Plan
An Alabama judge has given state officials six months to create a system for equitably and adequately funding public schools, and another six months to implement that system.
Education
Capital Digest
Education Department programs apparently will not be the target of spending-cut proposals to be offered by the White House over the next several weeks.
Education
District News Roundup
A Utah school superintendent had the authority to cancel the remainder of a high school football team's season as punishment for a hazing incident, a state judge has ruled.
Education
People News
The Detroit board of education has named David L. Snead, a veteran district administrator, as the interim replacement for its outgoing superintendent, Deborah M. McGriff.
Education
Brown U. Uses $5 Million Gift for Institute for School Reform
Brown University last week announced the creation of an independent, nonpartisan institute on its campus to serve as a permanent, national voice for school reform.
Education
Philanthropy Column
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.3 million grant to Mills College in Oakland, Calif., to help that city's public schools strengthen the participation of girls and minority-group members in mathematics and science programs.
Education
SchoolMatch Helps Parents Choose Where To Live
When the Warner-Lambert Company recently had to transfer about two dozen workers from a North Carolina facility to its New Jersey headquarters, the consumer-products and pharmaceutical concern offered the transferees an unusual benefit: specialized advice about schools in the new area.
Education
Boston Teachers Stage One-Day Strike in Contract Dispute
Members of the Boston Teachers' Union staged a one-day walkout last week over their contract dispute with the district, forcing school officials to cancel classes for the city's 60,000 public school students.
Education
Report Urges Policies To Improve Schooling For Hispanic Students
If the nation's rapidly growing Hispanic population is to be well educated, a report released here last week asserts, the number of Latino teachers must be dramatically increased and teachers of all ethnic backgrounds must be better prepared to meet the needs of Latino students.
Education
Chapter 1 Formula Plan Hot Topic in States, Districts
State and local education officials generally praise the course the Clinton Administration has charted in its plan to revamp Chapter 1, particularly its emphasis on using the compensatory-education program as a mechanism to promote broader school reform.
Education
Census Finds Jump in District Borrowing for School Construction
School spending in 1991 rose more than twice as much as consumer prices, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report, which found that many districts stepped up their borrowing for school construction to take advantage of falling interest rates.
School Climate & Safety
Chronology of Television Violence
1954
Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., chairs hearings of Judiciary Committee panel exploring the role of television in juvenile delinquency.
Sen. Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., chairs hearings of Judiciary Committee panel exploring the role of television in juvenile delinquency.
Education
Council Votes Spur New Round of Questions in Chicago
On a street corner just outside Hefferan Elementary School here, Alex Lyons squinted against the morning sunshine as he passed out campaign literature and asked parents walking their children to school for support.
Education
In Switch, Chicago Principals Plan To Fight for Reforms
After long being among the most vocal opponents of the Chicago school-reform law, the city's principals last week served notice that they now intend to fight to defend the reform program.
Curriculum
Books: Readings
Michael Shapiro has tracked the teaching careers of seven recent college graduates who enlisted in Teach For America, the maverick teaching program that places young graduates,often from exclusive private schools, in inner-city and rural public schools. In Who Will Teach for America?--the hard-text companion to a PBS documentary on the topic--he tells their story.
Education
State Journal: Protesting mandates; Education platform
A coalition of organizations representing state and local governments staged a national protest last week against the common federal practice of issuing mandates without providing funds to pay for their implementation.
Education
Reporter's Notebook: Study of Funding for Youth Services Set
Eight foundations have created an independent organization to study how children's services are funded and issue recommendations for reform.
Education
Half of Black, Hispanic Children May Be Poor by 2010
If current trends continue, half of all black and Hispanic children will be poor by 2010, a Tufts University study concludes.
Education
Federal File: Republicans on board; The ins and outs
Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee say they are ready and eager to help the White House in implementing recommendations contained in the National Performance Review report.
Education
Ohio Finance Trial Challenges 1979 Court Precedent
Top school officials in Ohio turned their attention last week to the little town of New Lexington, in rural Perry County, where a coalition of 500 school districts has gone to court to challenge the state's school-finance system.
Education
States News Roundup
A Colorado district-court magistrate has declared unconstitutional part of a new state law banning juvenile possession of handguns.
Education
Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
School Climate & Safety
Message To Reduce TV Violence Becoming Louder, Clearer
WASHINGTON--This time, Congress may really mean business when it talks about reducing television violence.
Education
Nursing Program Gets Grant To Set Up School-Based Clinic
In keeping with the Clinton Administration's emphasis on school-based health care, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department has awarded a $1 million grant to the St. Xavier University School of Nursing to establish a primary-care health center at an elementary school in one of the poorest sections of Chicago.
Education
Annenberg Mulls Large-Scale Gift To Support School Reform
While declining to commit to specifics, the philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg acknowledged last week that he is seriously considering a large-scale financial commitment to a broad program of school reform.
Education
News Updates
As a result of having accepted $100 gift certificates at a tournament sponsored by the Nike Corporation, two top high school basketball players in Tennessee have been declared ineligible for 12 months by the state athletic association.
Education
Ga. Panel Tightens Language in Ethics Code for Educators
A Georgia panel is putting the finishing touches this fall on a new code of ethics for educators, after addressing complaints from statewide education groups that the document leaves too much room for interpretation.