April 26, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 31
Education
New N.D. Funding Plan Shifts Some Aid to Property-Poor Districts
New Jersey officials could take control of the troubled Newark school district as early as the fall, as a judge has rejected a hearing process that could have delayed the takeover by a year.
Education
No New Taxes
Facing tough votes on property-tax increases next month, some school officials in Ohio are pledging to hold the line on new spending and taxes. Some have issued "contracts" or "guarantees" in which they put their word--and their jobs--on the line.
Education
Vocational Education.
Vocational programs aimed at helping girls and women achieve
economic independence have succeeded, concludes a 10-state study by a
task force of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in
Education.
Education
Measure To Increase Md. Teachers' Control Of Certification Panel Dies in
A bill that would have given Maryland teachers more control of the state's professional-standards board has died in the legislature.
Education
Budget Woes Seen Imperiling Cincinnati Reforms
Cincinnati's widely watched school-reform efforts could be among the victims as the district faces its deepest budget cuts in decades.
Education
Study Finds Formidable Barriers to Promising Reform Strategies
A study of 10 promising school-reform programs suggests that, even in the best of schools, change comes hard.
Education
Business Educators Unveil Draft of Voluntary Student Standards
Business educators, seeking to insure that students are prepared for the world of commerce, have added their field to the growing list of subject areas with proposed national standards for student learning.
Education
News Roundup: States
Va. To Use Motion Sensors To Improve Bus Safety: Motion-sensor technology that was developed for military aircraft soon will become standard equipment on school buses in several Virginia school districts.
Education
Take Note: Of Wedding Gifts And Childhood Fifths
The students at Lana'i Elementary and High School in Hawaii recently got a belated and generous wedding present of sorts, courtesy of one of the world's wealthiest men.
Education
Judge Halts Daily Intercom Prayers in Miss. District
A woman who challenged a Mississippi district's tradition of daily prayers over the school intercom last week won a preliminary injunction against the practice in federal court.
Education
Powers of Persuasion Put To Test in Levy Votes
Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is said to carry a copy of the "Contract With America," the list of promises that helped Republicans gain control of Congress last fall, in his coat pocket, close to the heart.
Education
News Roundup: Districts
Report: D.C. Schools Employ Hundreds With Criminal Records: By failing to conduct required background checks on thousands of employees, the District of Columbia school system has hired hundreds of people with criminal records, according to a report by the city auditor.
Education
Justices Weigh Race-Conscious Efforts To Redraw Political Districts
Washington
The U.S. Supreme Court last week weighed the constitutionality of the practice of drawing voting-district lines to boost the election prospects of candidates who are members of racial minorities.
The U.S. Supreme Court last week weighed the constitutionality of the practice of drawing voting-district lines to boost the election prospects of candidates who are members of racial minorities.
Education
Commercial Invasion of Schools Growing, Report Charges
The commercial invasion of public schools is continuing unabated, with marketers constantly coming up with new ways to reach children in the classroom, a consumer organization charges in a report released last week.
Education
Federal File: Deduction ultimatum?; In Kato's footsteps
President Clinton has hinted that he will not sign a tax-cut package unless it includes a deduction for postsecondary-education expenses.
Education
Wide Variations in Math, Science Teaching Found in 50-Nation Study
Preliminary findings from the largest international study of its kind to date suggest that there are wide differences between nations in the ways that students are taught science and mathematics.
Education
Ruling May Hasten State Takeover of Newark School District
Gov. Edward T. Schafer of North Dakota last week signed into law a school-finance measure that shifts some state funding from property-wealthy school districts to those less able to raise money through property taxes.
Education
Deregulation Moves Found To Spur Only Modest Reforms
State efforts to deregulate education have sparked only modest school reform and face considerable obstacles to producing bigger change, a new report concludes.
Education
Ky. Schools Put On the Line in Bonus Budgeting
Twenty-six million dollars can buy a lot--heaping portions of good will, a measure of respect, or a slew of trouble.
Education
Clean and Sober
Brent and Tina are two of the Minneapolis-area teenagers with a history of
alcohol and drug abuse who attend Sobriety High School, the nation's first
school for adolescents with addiction problems.
Education
Standards Of Business
The following is an excerpt from the draft standards for the information-systems category. The standards are arranged by levels as follows: Level 1 (elementary or K-6), Level 2 (middle school/junior high or grades 6-9), Level 3 (secondary school or grades 9-12), and Level 4 (postsecondary/community college or technical college).
Education
State Journal: Oops; Spellbinding candidacy?; Finance blues
Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico is apparently finding the levers of power to be a bit slippery.
Education
Calif. Bill Aims To Reconstruct Testing System
Californians have begun the push to construct a new statewide testing system to replace the controversial program that was disbanded last September.
Education
Citing Board Politics, Milwaukee's Fuller Resigns
Superintendent Howard L. Fuller of Milwaukee resigned last week, citing differences with new school board members backed by the local teachers' union.
Education
News in Brief: Kindergarten Measures Die in N.H. Legislature
The New Hampshire Senate has voted to postpone taking action on several bills designed to help bring kindergarten to every district in the Granite State, effectively killing the initiative for this session.
Education
G.O.P. Governors Add Welfare Proposal to the Mix
A group of influential Republican governors has sent a welfare-reform proposal to Senate leaders that calls for retaining school-meals programs as a federal entitlement as well as revamping other key provisions of the welfare bill approved by the House.
Education
Honors And Awards
Fifty-two assistant principals were selected as 1994-95 Assistant Principals of the Year by their respective state associations. The program is sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the McDonald's Corporation. The winners are listed below by state:
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR
Fifty-two assistant principals were selected as 1994-95 Assistant Principals of the Year by their respective state associations. The program is sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the McDonald's Corporation. The winners are listed below by state: