May 24, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 35
Education
Idaho Grazing Lands Eyed as Cash Cow for Schools
Hailey, Idaho
In Jon Marvel's world view, cows are the root of all evil.
In Jon Marvel's world view, cows are the root of all evil.
Education
Advocates Mobilize To Make Case To Save Service Program
Washington
As the House debated a budget plan last week that calls for eliminating the Clinton Administration's community-service program, supporters were trying to convince a subcommittee that the federal effort is worth saving.
As the House debated a budget plan last week that calls for eliminating the Clinton Administration's community-service program, supporters were trying to convince a subcommittee that the federal effort is worth saving.
Education
Could I Interest You in a Late-Model School Design?
It couldn't rival the festivities at Camden Yards, just 25 minutes away, where the Baltimore Orioles were playing their home opener. But the school-reform "design fair" at the Holiday Inn here May 1 strove for the same celebratory air.
Education
Legislative Update
The following are summaries of final action by legislatures on state education budgets and other education-related matters.
Education
News Update
The Atlanta school board has approved most of the school-building closings proposed by Superintendent Benjamin O. Canada.
Education
Revolutionary School-Voucher Measure Falls Short in Ill. House
Republican leaders in the Illinois House found themselves unable to muster enough votes to pass a ground-breaking school-voucher bill after two hours of tense debate late last week.
Education
The Importance of Being Ernest
Two grade school girls recently paid Ernest L. Boyer, the president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a visit in his impressive office on the campus of Princeton University. It was "Take Our Daughters to Work Day," and the children--the daughter of a foundation staff member and her friend--were investigating just what adults in the elegant French-style stucco building did all day.
Education
Tide Turns for the Better in N.J., Ohio Budget Votes
If this is the age of the angry voter, somebody had better tell the people of New Jersey and Ohio.
Education
Attacks Mount Against E.A.I.'s Hartford Plans
The Hartford, Conn., school system's relationship with Education Alternatives Inc. showed strains last week as teachers, principals, and school board members assailed the private management company's plans for the district.
Education
Desegregation Must Span All Grades, Report Urges
Minority students continue to be denied equal access to formerly segregated public colleges and universities, a prominent civil-rights organization says in a report issued last week.
Education
Large Districts Hiring More Rookie Teachers
Large and medium-size school districts are hiring more rookie teachers and eliminating administrative jobs to reduce their costs, a recent survey by the Educational Research Service says.
Education
Workers With More Schooling Found To Be More Productive
Washington
Researchers for the first time have found a demonstrable link between an individual's level of education and his productivity as an employee, Education Department officials and a national workforce center announced last week.
Researchers for the first time have found a demonstrable link between an individual's level of education and his productivity as an employee, Education Department officials and a national workforce center announced last week.
Education
House Bill To Create Voc.-Ed., Job-Training Block Grants Advances
The House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and
Lifelong Learning approved a broad workforce-development bill last week
that would give states more control over vocational-education and
job-training dollars.
Education
State Journal
Compared to all the hoopla about education-reform victories over the past few years in Michigan, a recent $70 million win in federal court for the state's prepaid-college-tuition plan went practically unnoticed.
Special Education
Special Education Column
Halfway through a four-year study, researchers at the University of Miami in Florida say early results of their work suggest that not all learning-disabled students fare well socially in the regular classroom.
Education
National News Roundup
Contributions to private elementary and secondary schools rose substantially in the 1993-94 school year after two years of moderate increases, according to an annual survey by the Council for Aid to Education.
National News Roundup
Contributions to private elementary and secondary schools rose substantially in the 1993-94 school year after two years of moderate increases, according to an annual survey by the Council for Aid to Education.
Education
Conn. Board Nominees Fan Flames of Discontent
At a time when attention has focused on the issue of diversity in Connecticut schools, Gov. John G. Rowland has fanned the flames with his nominees to the state school board.
Education
The Politics of School-Trust Lands
Idaho's Jon Marvel is not the only Westerner crusading to change how states manage school-trust lands.
Education
Budget Plans Put Issues of Process,Politics on Table
Washington
Congressional budget resolutions--technical documents that lay out blueprints for federal spending on large categories of programs--are usually of great interest mainly for Washington number-crunchers.
Congressional budget resolutions--technical documents that lay out blueprints for federal spending on large categories of programs--are usually of great interest mainly for Washington number-crunchers.
Education
States Seen Improving Access to Education for Homeless
Washington
States have just begun to provide homeless children the level of access to public education required by federal law, according to a report the Education Department plans to issue this summer.
States have just begun to provide homeless children the level of access to public education required by federal law, according to a report the Education Department plans to issue this summer.
Education
Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
Education
Children & Families Column
In family courts in Kansas City, Kan., Monday afternoon used to be known as "hate day."
Education
News In Brief
The House last week passed legislation that would repeal a national certification body created under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
Education
District News Roundup
A boy's decision to bring a live bat to his junior high school has proved costly for a Texas district and painful for dozens of his classmates, who must be inoculated for rabies.
Education
Conservatives' Social-Issue Agenda Targets Schools
Washington
Religious and social conservatives--both those in Congress and those who lobby it--will be pushing in the coming months for action on a raft of so-called social-issue legislation that could have a dramatic impact on schools.
Religious and social conservatives--both those in Congress and those who lobby it--will be pushing in the coming months for action on a raft of so-called social-issue legislation that could have a dramatic impact on schools.
Education
Inclusion Policies in 21 Countries Documented
American educators and policymakers grappling with the inclusion of disabled students in regular classrooms were reminded last week that they are not alone in the struggle for solutions.