March 8, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 24
Education
N.C. Poised To Slash Size, Power of State Education Agency
Here, in the city that serves as the nexus of North Carolina politics, people often compare the powers that share control of the state schools to Hydra, the multiheaded monster slain by Hercules in Greek legend.
Education
Goodling Bill Would Limit Federal Standards Role
The likelihood that Congress will restrict the federal role in developing national educational standards increased last week, as a top lawmaker introduced a bill that would limit that role and Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley indicated that the Clinton Administration would not fight to protect it.
Education
Fervor Spreads To Overhaul State Agencies
State politicians who want to remake the education system are going straight to the top, vowing to overhaul the very agencies and boards that oversee local schools.
Education
Eager Educators Get Hard Sell for Security Gadgetry
As a Memphis high school principal darts through a highly sensitive metal detector, a salesman explains how its computerized sensor can sniff out guns and knives.
Education
Child-Protection Block Grant Imperils Troubled Families, Critics Say
Abused and neglected children would no longer have a federal entitlement to foster care, adoption services, and other forms of aid under the welfare-reform bill that is wending its way through the House.
Education
Court Weighs University Decision To Deny Funds To Religious Magazine
Washington
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled last week with the question of how far government must go in aiding religious groups on school campuses.
The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled last week with the question of how far government must go in aiding religious groups on school campuses.
Education
News in Brief: Ala. Governor Appeals School-Finance Decision
Gov. Fob James Jr. of Alabama has asked the state supreme court to throw out a ruling that voided the state's school-funding system. A lower-court judge in the case overstepped constitutional bounds, the Governor argued.
Education
Take Note: For Honor or Money; What's Ahead for the Dead?
David M. Morris doesn't believe in working for nothing.
Education
Tight Budgets, Escalating Enrollments Collide
Lunch at John Bowne High School in New York City is virtually an all-day affair.
Education
Districts: Oakland Board Approves Mandatory-Uniform Policy
The Oakland, Calif., school board will require elementary and middle school students to wear uniforms to school, beginning in the fall.
Education
Federal File: Out to Lunch; Expectations
Hillary Rodham Clinton, the First Lady, and leading Congressional Democrats had lunch with schoolchildren last week to highlight their opposition to House Republicans' plan to replace child-nutrition programs with block grants.
Education
School-Aid Stalemate Spurs Reform Talk in Iowa
For the second time in three years, the Iowa legislature has missed its deadline for setting the state's education budget.
Education
Alexander Declares Candidacy for 1996 G.O.P. Nomination
Lamar Alexander, who served as Secretary of Education under President George Bush, made it official last week: He will seek the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination.
Education
Bright Lights, Small City
Amid growing pains that have raised questions about its financial stability, Teach for America announced last week that it would return to its roots.
Education
Districts Weigh Paying Students for Tips on Crime
In Antelope Valley, Calif., high school students can pocket $25 for turning in classmates who bring drugs or guns to school.
Education
Riley Appoints Independent Board To Set Research Agenda
Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley last week named 15 members to an independent advisory board that is intended to guide the Office of Educational Research and Improvement through its most massive restructuring since it replaced the National Institute of Education in 1985.
Education
Congress in Transition: Advocates Left Wondering at Goodling's 'Metamorphosis'
For years, Rep. Bill Goodling, R-Pa., has been known as one of the leading Republican champions of federal programs that finance breakfasts and lunches for poor students.
Education
Chicago Increases Math, Science Requirements
Students in Chicago will have to take more mathematics and science courses to graduate from high school under newly approved requirements.
Ed-Tech Policy
Technology
Some of California's youngest criminals will receive on-the-job training in refurbishing used computers under an unusual partnership between the state and a local philanthropy. Those computers in turn will help equip the Golden State's classrooms for the information age.
Education
States: Ill. Districts Off the 'Watch,' But Still Facing Financial Woes
Seventy-four Illinois school districts have climbed off the state's financial-watch list, but officials said that hidden problems remain in many of those districts.
Ed-Tech Policy
Teacher, Tutor, High-tech Tycoon
On the wall of Jan Davidson's surprisingly unassuming office is a photograph taken by her husband, Bob, on Christmas morning 1979. In it, Jan watches as her three children gaze in wonder at the newfangled present they have just received from their parents: an Apple II computer. Downright primitive by today's standards, the machine--which came with a Sony black-and-white monitor--was considered cutting edge at the time. But what could three children possibly do with a personal computer?
Education
Vocational Education
Despite academic gains in the past two decades, black males have fewer job opportunities, are employed less frequently, and are paid less than white men, according to a new report.
School Choice & Charters
Teachers' Union in Denver Backs Charter School
The Denver teachers' union has agreed to back a charter school being opened by a longtime public educator who plans to hire only certified teachers.
Education
State Journal: Scholarship follies
A federal grand jury is looking into a longstanding practice of Illinois lawmakers: naming students who can attend state colleges for free.