March 30, 1994

Education Week, Vol. 13, Issue 27
Education News in Brief
After lengthy debate, the Senate late last week was poised to pass a budget resolution that calls for about $500 million more in discretionary spending for education, job training, and social services than President Clinton proposed in his fiscal 1995 budget.
March 30, 1994
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Education State Journal: Reform tax; Fee feud
Some Kentucky education observers fear that some 70,000 taxpayers may have been soured on the idea of education reform by Louisville tax officials, who mailed property-tax notices with the message that values were being adjusted in the name of reform.
March 30, 1994
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Education National News Roundup
Study Shows Many Children Not Completely Vaccinated
March 30, 1994
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Education 'Schindler's List' Spurring Calls for Holocaust Education
As states weigh new mandates for teaching about the Holocaust, the movie director Steven Spielberg last week cast a spotlight on the subject before an Academy Awards audience estimated in the hundreds of millions worldwide.
Karen Diegmueller, March 30, 1994
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Education N.H. House Backs Bill To Double State Aid to Districts
The New Hampshire House has approved a bill that would more than double the amount of aid the state currently provides to school districts.
Meg Sommerfeld, March 30, 1994
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Education House Passes E.S.E.A. Bill After Weeks of Debate
Washington
The House last week took advantage of a change in the legislative schedule to pass a bill that would reauthorize the major federal programs in precollegiate education.
Mark Pitsch, March 30, 1994
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Education 2nd of 2 Funding Bills for Ala. Reforms Clears Key House Panel
As the Alabama legislature's regular session draws to a close, the pivotal House Ways and Means Committee last week approved the second of two bills proposed by Gov. James E. Folsom Jr. to fund education reform.
Millicent Lawton, March 30, 1994
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Education Administration Column
The National Association of Secondary School Principals is looking for a few good administrators.
March 30, 1994
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Education Delays Cited in Resignation From N.Y. Social-Studies Panel
A prominent New York State educator last week resigned from the committee that is drafting a state curriculum framework for social studies.
Karen Diegmueller, March 30, 1994
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Education Arbitrator Rejects Consulting Firm's Minneapolis Teacher-Pay Plan
A Minneapolis arbitrator's decision to award standard pay raises to teachers has dealt a setback to a plan by the district's corporate superintendent to link their pay to student performance.
Joanna Richardson, March 30, 1994
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Education Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
March 30, 1994
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1 min read
Education Girls Will--and should--Be Girls
It was back in the late 1960's when Myra Sadker and David Sadker first began thinking about gender bias against women and girls in the classroom.
Millicent Lawton, March 30, 1994
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Education Math Tutors Wanted
Algebra class at Brashear High School is proceeding normally, students working with individual tutors as they try to devise the appropriate formula to solve a word problem and then plot their solutions on a graph.
Peter West, March 30, 1994
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Education District News Roundup
Only Black Contractors Sought For $41 Million Dade School
March 30, 1994
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Education Clarification
A caption with a photograph accompanying a story in the March 23 edition of Education Week may have left a mistaken impression about Phillip Schlechty's current involvement with the Gheens Professional Development Academy in Louisville, Ky. Mr. Schlechty, the first director of the academy, last served in that post in 1988.
March 30, 1994
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Education News in Brief
Georgia Bill Would Allow Student-Initiated Prayer
Georgia teachers may soon be required to begin each school day with a 60-second moment of silence during which students can initiate prayer.
March 30, 1994
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Education Seven States Seek Regional Credential for Administrators
A group of seven Northeastern states is moving toward adopting a regional credential for administrators that could blur the boundaries between those states' certification requirements.
Joanna Richardson, March 30, 1994
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Education Philadelphia School Subject of Oscar-Winning Documentary
For the second year in a row, a documentary about education has won an Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Mark Walsh, March 30, 1994
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Education News Update
Cleveland Schools Settle $1.2 Million Computer Dispute
March 30, 1994
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Education Legislative Update
The following are summaries of governors' budget requests for precollegiate education and highlights of proposals that rank high on the states' education agendas.
March 30, 1994
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Education Gifted Programs Not a Right, Conn. Court Rules
Public school students in Connecticut do not have a constitutional right to programs of gifted-and-talented education, the state supreme court has ruled.
Karen Diegmueller, March 30, 1994
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Education Nickelodeon Bolsters Commitment to Preschoolers
The Nickelodeon cable channel last week announced a major commitment to create new shows for preschool children.
Mark Walsh, March 30, 1994
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Education People News
School Administrators' Group Names President, Director
March 30, 1994
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Education State News Roundup
Education for Fla.'s Illegal Aliens Estimated To Cost $180 Million
March 30, 1994
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Education Thefts in Detroit Spur Inventory-Control Efforts
Detroit residents recently had an opportunity to see how their public schools' supplies were delivered--to a convenience store, a gas station, and just about anyone with cash in hand.
Peter Schmidt, March 30, 1994
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Education Appointments
In the Schools
Margaree H. Champion, president, Champion MCA Services, Mendon, N.Y., to member, board of trustees, Norman Howard School, Rochester, N.Y.
March 30, 1994
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Education The Northeast Project
The Northeast regional credential for administrators:
March 30, 1994
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Education Events
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March 30, 1994
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Education Funding Idaho Senate Approves Bill To Revamp School Finances
Seeking to avert a protracted court battle, the Idaho Senate last week passed a bill to restructure the state school-finance system.
Meg Sommerfeld, March 30, 1994
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