June 14, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 38
Education
Postscript
The staff of Littleton (Colo.) High School has not given up on reform, despite the beating teachers took a year and a half ago for deciding to make students demonstrate what they know in order to graduate.
Education
District News Roundup
New York State's education department has proposed a takeover of a school district on Long Island after it found poor management, high teacher absenteeism, and poorly maintained classrooms at one school.
Education
State News Roundup
The New Hampshire school board has rejected a draft of social-studies curriculum frameworks for the state's public schools, and wants the panel that wrote the standards to revise them.
Education
Citing School-Aid Cuts, Clinton Vetoes Rescission Bill
Less than 24 hours after it landed on his desk, President Clinton last week vetoed his first bill--a budget-cutting package that would have erased $16.4 billion in fiscal 1995 spending, including $884 million from Education Department programs.
Education
Calif. Plotting New Tack on Language Arts
Dismal test scores and recent research that warns against a single approach to instruction have spurred California education officials to revamp the state's pioneering techniques for teaching young children to read.
Education
Testing Column
Arizona may replace its embattled student-testing program with a new set of assessments that would measure both academic and workplace skills.
Education
Federal File
Eli Segal, the chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, fueled speculation last week that he might step down.
Education
Events
JUNE
19-21--Technology: "Girls and Technology," symposium, sponsored by the National Coalition of Girls' Schools, for teachers and administrators, to be held at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass. Contact: Whitney Ransome or Meg Milne Moulton, Executive Directors, N.C.G.S., 228 Main St., Concord, Mass. 01742; (508) 287-4485.
19-21--Technology: "Girls and Technology," symposium, sponsored by the National Coalition of Girls' Schools, for teachers and administrators, to be held at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass. Contact: Whitney Ransome or Meg Milne Moulton, Executive Directors, N.C.G.S., 228 Main St., Concord, Mass. 01742; (508) 287-4485.
Education
Businesses' Enthusiasm for Reform Seen Flagging
Eleventh in an occasional series.
Corporate America, accustomed to fast results, is growing restless with the slow pace of school reform.
Corporate America, accustomed to fast results, is growing restless with the slow pace of school reform.
Education
Ga. Districts Say Pay Promise Puts Them in a Bind
It seemed like a gift any school district could use: a bundle of state money to give teachers a nice raise.
Education
People
In New York City, and perhaps someday nationwide, graffiti may be a here-today, gone-tomorrow phenomenon, thanks to a local public school chemistry teacher. Tired of looking at the vandalism, and out of his own sense of frustration, Bob Black did what he does best and created a product to get rid of the problem.
Education
Oakland Boycott Spurs School-Facilities Promise
A three-week boycott of an Oakland, Calif., elementary school ended last week when district officials agreed to replace the school's 40-year-old portable classrooms.
Education
Strengths, Weaknesses of Casey Program Detailed
A pathbreaking effort to change the way schools and agencies work with at-risk youths failed to boost the numbers of young people who stayed in school, got jobs, and avoided early pregnancies, a new study shows.
Education
9 Noes Later, Vt. Town To Finish Year It Never Voted To Begin
Fair Haven, Vt.
Just off the town square here, Charlie Usher is sitting on a park bench wishing he could conjure some homespun pearl of wisdom for the stranger sitting next to him.
Just off the town square here, Charlie Usher is sitting on a park bench wishing he could conjure some homespun pearl of wisdom for the stranger sitting next to him.
Education
Getting the Scoop on Recycling
Memo to Dan Rather: If you're looking for a replacement for Connie Chung, keep an eye on Katie Martin, a hungry young female reporter who got her big break uncovering a juicy scandal in her school's cafeteria.
Education
States Move To Open Juvenile Court Records
It used to be that legal records about juvenile offenders were among the most confidential of documents.
Education
Researchers Track Decline In Health of Adolescents
Violence continues to cause serious health problems for U.S. adolescents and is a prominent factor in the declining health of that age group, a study published last week says.
Education
State Journal
Picture a land where nothing is what it seems, a network of shadowy organizations conspires to manipulate public opinion, and saying the wrong thing makes you a target.
Education
National News Roundup
The National Council on Educating Black Children has revised its widely distributed school-reform framework to involve many more players in education.
Education
Officials Debate Plans To Scrap or Demote E.D.
Washington
The House education committee held its first hearing last week on separate pieces of legislation that would eliminate the federal Education Department or merge it with the Labor Department.
The House education committee held its first hearing last week on separate pieces of legislation that would eliminate the federal Education Department or merge it with the Labor Department.
Education
News In Brief
In debate last week on a wide-ranging telecommunications bill, the Senate rejected an effort to remove provisions that would insure affordable access for elementary and secondary schools to telecommunications networks.
Education
Political Skills Seen Key in Whoever Succeeds Sobol in N.Y.
New York's constitution gives Gov. George E. Pataki no say in the appointment of the state commissioner of education. He is strongly influencing the upcoming appointment, however, as the state's education leaders are signaling that they will focus on finding someone who can work with him--and do battle with him when necessary.
Education
Reduce Legal Immigration, Federal Panel Recommends
A federal immigration panel urged last week that Congress gradually reduce by about one-third the total number of legal immigrants entering the country.
Ed-Tech Policy
Virtually There
For a teacher, the point of going on a field trip is to make learning come alive for students in a way that textbooks cannot. There are, of course, the usual glitches. A student might wander away from the rest of the class. The school bus may get stuck in traffic. But, in the end, the experience is usually worth the trouble. Reading about something is no substitute for seeing it firsthand.
Education
G.O.P. Welfare Proposal Is Misguided, Clinton Tells Governors
Baltimore
Speaking at a meeting sponsored by the National Governors Association, President Clinton last week sharply criticized the Republican-led effort to reform the welfare system--an initiative that counts governors among its strongest supporters.
Speaking at a meeting sponsored by the National Governors Association, President Clinton last week sharply criticized the Republican-led effort to reform the welfare system--an initiative that counts governors among its strongest supporters.
Education
La. Pay Bonus Proposal Nears Approval
An on-again, off-again proposal to grant all Louisiana public employees a one-time pay bonus neared approval late last week, leaving the state's roughly 45,000 teachers hopeful that they will soon see their money.
Education
News in Brief
Bills that would allow the creation of charter schools in Alaska and Louisiana are awaiting signatures from their governors.