November 16, 1988
Education Week, Vol. 08, Issue 11
Education
Opinion
The Promise of Restructuring For Special Ed.
The movement to reform schools by "restructuring"
them provides a context for examining why, after
two years of debate, the U.S. Education Department's
''regular-education initiative" has done little
to change the placement and type of schooling provided
for the majority of handicapped children.
Education
Study Cites 'Exemplary' Programs Against AIDS
Aids-prevention programs need to address adolescents in ways that young people can easily understand, a new government study concludes.
Education
Asian Students Swell St. Paul Schools
Asian students have become the largest minority group in the St. Paul Public Schools, exceeding the number of black students for the first time.
Officials of the Minnesota district report that Asian enrollment increased by 600 this year, bringing the number of Asian students in the district to 4,884 out of a total enrollment of 32,962.
Education
Lyceum for Logophiles
At Venice (Calif.) High School, lexicographical disquisitions are a quotidian occurrence among matriculants.
That is, when students and teachers wear their "Have You Used Your Word of the Day?" pins, they know what they are talking about.