October 4, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 15, Issue 05
Education
Opinion
Mergers and Acquisitions
It is a sometimes expensive hobby, but I love betting on the stock
market. Lotteries are not intellectually stimulating, the racetrack is
too inconvenient, and so I bet on the future of American
capitalism.
Education
What the Research Says
Researchers studying the effectiveness of family-preservation programs tend to look first at the percentage of families that are still living together safely a year after the service has ended. States considered successful in that regard--including Maryland--generally report figures in the 80 percent to 90 percent range.
Education
Efforts To Prevent Injuries in Schools Advocated
Slightly more than one-third of injuries to children and adolescents can be attributed to sports and recreation, and almost 30 percent of those occur at school, researchers have found.
Education
ED Publishes New Rules for Title I Schoolwide Programs
Washington
Starting this fall, schools operating schoolwide programs under Title I can combine their compensatory-education aid with funds from most other federal programs.
Starting this fall, schools operating schoolwide programs under Title I can combine their compensatory-education aid with funds from most other federal programs.
Education
Partnerships Column
Youth Service America is looking for a few good men and women. The Washington-based group is accepting applications from "visionary" young leaders in their 20s and early 30s who want to start new community-service organizations.
Education
Study Charts Huge Surge in Federal Student Loans Since 1990
Federally guaranteed student loans taken out since 1990 have equaled the total amount borrowed through such loans in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s combined, a new report concludes.
Education
Young Teachers In Dade Getting A Helping Hand
When Yolande Ramsay began teaching 1st grade last year, she nearly made herself sick from stress and nerves. "I was so lost, I felt like a fish out of water," the 25-year-old teacher recalls.
Education
Family Matters
Landover Hills, Md.
Playing on the floor of her family's two-bedroom apartment, 6-year-old Emerald Gonzalez looks pleased with herself as she runs her hands over her freshly plaited hair. "Only five more to go," she says, fingering the plaits that don't already have barrettes on them. Searching for missing ones, she rifles through a potted plant on the living-room floor, strewing leaves in a circle on the rug.
Playing on the floor of her family's two-bedroom apartment, 6-year-old Emerald Gonzalez looks pleased with herself as she runs her hands over her freshly plaited hair. "Only five more to go," she says, fingering the plaits that don't already have barrettes on them. Searching for missing ones, she rifles through a potted plant on the living-room floor, strewing leaves in a circle on the rug.
Education
The (Swim) Lane Mutiny
Jackie Jacks and Charla Zizzo, both 15, touched off a rebellion in their swim class at Los Gatos (Ca.) High School when they refused to enter the pool on a cool Monday morning last month. The entire class of 30 sophomore girls joined in, protesting that the 10 minutes they are allotted is not enough time to change, dry their hair, and put on their makeup. Principal Ted Simonson quashed the insurrection by dropping the students' grades in the class by two full letters.
Education
Senate Spending Bill Blocked; Loan Cuts Advance
Washington
Stymied by partisan divisions, the Senate last week postponed action on a fiscal 1996 spending bill that would provide funds for most Department of Education programs and includes $1.5 billion more in education funding than the counterpart House bill.
Stymied by partisan divisions, the Senate last week postponed action on a fiscal 1996 spending bill that would provide funds for most Department of Education programs and includes $1.5 billion more in education funding than the counterpart House bill.
Education
New In Print
How To Talk So Kids Can Learn at Home and in School, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (Charles Scribner's Sons, 866 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022; 272 pp., $22 cloth). Countless suggestions for promoting an attitude of cooperation among teachers and parents in order to foster children's self-esteem and performance in school.
Communication
How To Talk So Kids Can Learn at Home and in School, by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (Charles Scribner's Sons, 866 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022; 272 pp., $22 cloth). Countless suggestions for promoting an attitude of cooperation among teachers and parents in order to foster children's self-esteem and performance in school.
Education
Court To Weigh Colo. Anti-Gay-Rights Law
When Colorado voters approved a 1992 ballot measure that prohibits enactment of any law or policy protecting homosexuals from discrimination, Tracy Pharris began getting worried telephone calls.
Education
School Links
A number of states are working to integrate their family-preservation efforts with schools. Among them:
Education
State Journal
George Critz, the principal of Adair County High School, has come up with a novel athletic application of Kentucky's 1990 school-reform law.
Highering and Firing
George Critz, the principal of Adair County High School, has come up with a novel athletic application of Kentucky's 1990 school-reform law.
Education
Second Scoring Error on NAEP Acknowledged
For the second time in as many weeks, a government contractor scoring results from "the nation's report card" has announced that it made a mistake.
Education
Mo. 'Speed Traps' Take Aim at School-Funding Law
Drive with a heavy foot in the rural Missouri hamlets of Macks Creek and Curryville, and you can expect to pay a hefty fine.
Education
When Budget Rhetoric Becomes Reality
Houston
House Republicans want to slash $3.5 billion from the federal education budget, arguing that every sector must sacrifice to help erase the deficit. But they would have difficulty explaining that to Rossie Ramirez.
House Republicans want to slash $3.5 billion from the federal education budget, arguing that every sector must sacrifice to help erase the deficit. But they would have difficulty explaining that to Rossie Ramirez.
Education
News In Brief
Voters in only seven of 132 Arkansas school districts have rejected a property-tax increase called for by state lawmakers earlier this year.
Most Ark. Districts Opt for Higher Tax
Voters in only seven of 132 Arkansas school districts have rejected a property-tax increase called for by state lawmakers earlier this year.
Education
Revived Calif. Assessment Bill Waits As Gov. Weighs His Options
A California bill that creates a new statewide system for assessing student learning was facing an uncertain fate late last week as Gov. Pete Wilson weighed signing or vetoing the measure.
Education
Federal File
Calling her 18-month tenure at the Department of Education "one of the most exciting experiences of my life," Diane Ravitch provides a glimpse of her Washington days in the autumn issue of The American Scholar.
Ravitch recollects
Calling her 18-month tenure at the Department of Education "one of the most exciting experiences of my life," Diane Ravitch provides a glimpse of her Washington days in the autumn issue of The American Scholar.
School Choice & Charters
Charter Champion
Cordia Booth looked nervous. It was a cool August evening in the Mile High City, and once again Booth--an 8th-grade science teacher at Hill Middle School--found herself in the first-floor boardroom of the Denver public schools administration building, waiting to make her pitch. This time, she had company: about 45 supporters of her proposed charter school. The board had turned down the charter school several times before, and each time, the Colorado state board of education had ordered the district to reverse its decision. Booth had even filed a lawsuit against the district, claiming that it was breaking the law by ignoring the state's ruling. But the district had argued that the state charter-school law itself was unconstitutional, in that it gave a state body control over a local school board. And there the matter stood, tied up in the courts, with no resolution in sight. Booth's hopes of opening her school in the fall were fading fast.
Education
'Pet Issues' Rush In When Ark. Opens Door to Constitution
After spending much of last month poring over proposed revisions to the Arkansas Constitution, Rep. Ted Thomas had a simple recommendation. Delete just one word from the school-funding section: public.
Education
State Roundup
Oklahoma plans to start selling off land to benefit its public schools, colleges, and universities.
Land Sales in Okla. to Benefit Schools
Oklahoma plans to start selling off land to benefit its public schools, colleges, and universities.
Education
Case Contesting Census Count To Be Heard
Washington
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to decide whether federal officials are obligated to adjust U.S. Census figures to compensate for an undercount of members of minority groups.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to decide whether federal officials are obligated to adjust U.S. Census figures to compensate for an undercount of members of minority groups.
Education
Suit Seeks Minn. Backing of Desegregation Plan
The Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP has sued the state of Minnesota, charging that it has failed to provide the city's students with the same educational opportunities as children in nearby suburbs.
Education
Milestones
Rudy Perpich, Minnesota's longest-serving governor, died of colon cancer Sept. 21 at his home in Minnetonka, Minn. He was 67.
Education
Grants To Enlist Older Citizens as School Mentors
Seeking to tap the experience of an older generation for the
education of a young one, the National Senior Service Corps announced
grants last week to five cities to enlist Americans over age 55 as
mentors and tutors in elementary schools.