April 5, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 28
Education
Shrink Schools To Fit Enrollment, Atlanta Chief Urges
Superintendent Benjamin O. Canada of Atlanta has urged that more than a sixth of the district's public schools be closed for the sake of efficiency.
Education
News in Brief: Several Studies Praise Direct-Loan Program
Advocates of the new federal direct-lending program for college students praised its savings and simplicity at a Senate hearing last week, while three agencies reported that their studies found no major flaws in the program.
Curriculum
Districts: Dade To Require Daily Reading At Low-Scoring Schools
Middle and elementary school children in poor-performing Dade County, Fla., schools will devote two hours each day to reading, beginning in the fall. The school board decided to require the two-hour reading block at 59 elementary and 12 middle schools where students average scores of 25 or less on the Stanford Achievement Test. The average score on the test nationwide is 50.
Education
R.I. District Bucks Demand To Reassign Students
The Pawtucket, R.I., school district was facing the loss of state aid and other sanctions last week over the school board's refusal to reassign students for racial integration.
Education
Signs Abound Teaching Reforms Are Taking Hold
Meet Samantha, who is beginning her teaching career in an urban, multiethnic elementary school. Unlike countless new teachers who have preceded her, Samantha is unlikely to quit her job in the next five years.
Education
Rallying Local Energy in the Name of N.C. Children
Halifax, N.C.
In Halifax County, it is hard to distinguish between the rotting, abandoned shacks on the side of the road and the places some people call home. Down a dirt road lined with crumbling cottages, the only sign of habitation is a rocking horse guarding a front porch and a toy truck parked on a lonely patch of grass.
In Halifax County, it is hard to distinguish between the rotting, abandoned shacks on the side of the road and the places some people call home. Down a dirt road lined with crumbling cottages, the only sign of habitation is a rocking horse guarding a front porch and a toy truck parked on a lonely patch of grass.
Education
News in Brief: Minnesota Governor Says He May Back Vouchers
Reversing his position as a candidate in 1990, Gov. Arne Carlson of Minnesota has said he may back a plan to give parents public money to send their children to private schools.
Education
News in Brief: Cheating Scandal at Ill. School
Cheating Scandal at Ill. SchoolForces Resignation of Teacher
Education
Clarification
Because of an editing error, an article in the March 29 issue of Education Week on proposed changes in the federal school-meals programs may have left the erroneous impression that the percentage majority the Republicans hold in the Senate is smaller than their majority in the House of Representatives.
Education
Special Adaptations
Felipe Aquino wheels into his class at Fairhill Elementary School and starts tapping on the keys of a laptop computer mounted on his electric wheelchair. His teacher and two technology specialists huddle around the 10-year-old and smile.
Education
Deadlines
April 21--Art: The School of Visual Arts is inviting participants in its 1995 National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, to be held in New York City Oct. 18-21, to submit proposals for open sessions on the following topics: Whither the Arts--The Right, the Left, and the (Dead) Center; Art and Regionalism; Government Funding of the Arts: Pro and Con; Politics and Graphic Design; Politics and the Studio Curriculum; New Challenges to Multiculturalism; Public Television: Yes or No? The National Endowment for the Arts: Blaming the Victim? Revisionism in the Arts and Education; Religion and the Arts; Copyright Laws and the Arts. Those interested should send a 200-word proposal as well as a publication-ready 50-word abstract. Contact: Laurie Johenning, Conference Coordinator, Humanities and Sciences Department, S.V.A., 209 East 23rd St., New York, N.Y. 10010-3994; (212) 592-2624; fax: (212) 592-2633.
Call for Papers
April 21--Art: The School of Visual Arts is inviting participants in its 1995 National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, to be held in New York City Oct. 18-21, to submit proposals for open sessions on the following topics: Whither the Arts--The Right, the Left, and the (Dead) Center; Art and Regionalism; Government Funding of the Arts: Pro and Con; Politics and Graphic Design; Politics and the Studio Curriculum; New Challenges to Multiculturalism; Public Television: Yes or No? The National Endowment for the Arts: Blaming the Victim? Revisionism in the Arts and Education; Religion and the Arts; Copyright Laws and the Arts. Those interested should send a 200-word proposal as well as a publication-ready 50-word abstract. Contact: Laurie Johenning, Conference Coordinator, Humanities and Sciences Department, S.V.A., 209 East 23rd St., New York, N.Y. 10010-3994; (212) 592-2624; fax: (212) 592-2633.
Education
Legislative Update
The following are summaries of governors' budget requests for pre-collegiate education and high-lights of proposals on the states' education agendas.
Education
Cursed by Success
San Franciscans have long regarded Lowell High School as their children's ticket to college admission and future success. The school has always had a reputation for academic excellence. Its graduates, drawn from throughout this ethnically diverse city, routinely enter top colleges and emerge as leaders in their respective fields.
Education
Loopholes That Allowed Killer To Become Teacher Spur Bills
In October 1993, Los Angeles school officials discovered that they had put a killer in the classroom.
Education
Ending Deadlock, Iowa Lawmakers Approve School-Spending Plan
Nearly two months beyond its self-imposed deadline, the Iowa legislature has settled on school-spending plans for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
Education
Even as Popularity Soars, Portfolios Encounter Roadblocks
This is the second story in an occasional series that will examine trends in assessment and new ways of measuring what students know and are able to do.
Education
N.Y. Not Liable for Desegregation Costs in Yonkers
New York State did not actively encourage racial segregation in the Yonkers public schools and therefore bears no financial responsibility for remedying the problem, a federal judge ruled last week.
Education
Honors And Awards
The Conference Board has announced the recipients of its "Best in Class" awards, which recognize innovative corporate programs to improve education. The honorees, who received their awards at the board's annual Business/- Education Conference held recently in New York City, are listed below:
CONFERENCE BOARD 'BEST IN CLASS' AWARDS
The Conference Board has announced the recipients of its "Best in Class" awards, which recognize innovative corporate programs to improve education. The honorees, who received their awards at the board's annual Business/- Education Conference held recently in New York City, are listed below:
Education
Special Programs Found To Benefit Gifted Students
Gifted students achieve more in special programs, regardless of whether they get that extra help in the regular classroom or in special classes and schools.
Education
U.S. To Pilot 'Head Start' For Infants 0-3
The federal government is gearing up to launch a nationwide research project that will test the effectiveness and feasibility of implementing a kind of "Head Start" program for children from birth to age 3.
Education
S.C. House Passes Bill To Ax $32 Million in School Programs
A massive school-reform bill that would rewrite most education laws in Texas easily won approval from the Senate last week--sending a signal to parents and educators that they soon could be operating under vastly different rules.
Education
Take Note: Saturday-night fervor; Parallel Proms
Tuxedos will be hard to come by in Lincoln, Neb., on April 29.
Education
Federal File: Summit talk; New plan
President Clinton presided over an economic summit in Atlanta last week, where he asserted that his Administration has helped bolster the U.S. economy and pare down federal bureaucracies.
Ed-Tech Policy
Technology
A whimsical, award-winning children's book in which woolly mammoths help explain the principles that guide the workings of machines has made the transition to CD-ROM.
Education
State Journal
The Maryland State Teachers Association is using the Major League Baseball strike to drive home a point with state lawmakers.
Home team
The Maryland State Teachers Association is using the Major League Baseball strike to drive home a point with state lawmakers.
Education
Supreme Court Hears School Drug-Testing Case
Washington
The U.S. Supreme Court last week took up the issue of drug testing of public school students for the first time, and came across as sympathetic to schools' efforts to battle the problem of youth drug abuse.
The U.S. Supreme Court last week took up the issue of drug testing of public school students for the first time, and came across as sympathetic to schools' efforts to battle the problem of youth drug abuse.
Ed-Tech Policy
Technology Plan for U.N.C. Ed. Schools Approved
To bring new teachers up to speed on the latest computers and technology, make sure those who teach teachers can use them, too.