October 25, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 15, Issue 08
Education
Close to Deadline, Wilson Signs Bill To Create Assessment System
With just hours to spare before the deadline for a veto, California Gov. Pete Wilson signed a bill last week that creates a new state-wide system for assessing student learning.
Education
Students Fall Short in NAEP Geography Test
The results from the first wide-scale test of what U.S. students know about world geography show that a lot of them fall short of the mountaintop.
Education
Private Schools Column
What's in a name?
Administrators at the nation's largest non-Orthodox Jewish high school were pondering just that question at the start of the school year, after accepting a $5 million gift from the Milken Family Foundation and renaming the school after the philanthropists--one of whom is a convicted felon.
Administrators at the nation's largest non-Orthodox Jewish high school were pondering just that question at the start of the school year, after accepting a $5 million gift from the Milken Family Foundation and renaming the school after the philanthropists--one of whom is a convicted felon.
Education
EAI School Contract Pits Candidates in Hartford Races
In Hartford, Conn., the candidates for the school board and various city offices are wearing one of two labels. They're either pro-EAI or anti-EAI.
Education
Publish or Perish
In the belly of Hell's Kitchen, just south of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the Cupcake Cafe whips up baked wonders. Sunflowers and pansies, once mere sugar and coloring, lace the signature cupcakes that later today will be delivered to restaurants and homes across Manhattan.
Education
At March, N.J. Youngsters 'Take First Step in a Million Steps'
For three busloads of high
school boys from Camden, N.J.,
traveling to the Million Man
March here last week was a
chance to live something that another
generation likely will read
about in a history textbook.
Education
New AmeriCorps Director Seeks To Find Common Ground
Washington
Harris Wofford appeared to be taking charge of a sinking ship when President Clinton swore him in as the new director of the embattled AmeriCorps national-service program earlier this month.
Harris Wofford appeared to be taking charge of a sinking ship when President Clinton swore him in as the new director of the embattled AmeriCorps national-service program earlier this month.
Education
Report Roundup
The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights has issued a guide to help schools comply with the 1990 federal law that essentially bars all forms of discrimination against the disabled.
Guide Advises Schools on ADA Compliance
The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights has issued a guide to help schools comply with the 1990 federal law that essentially bars all forms of discrimination against the disabled.
Education
Federal File
Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley doodles in Cabinet meetings and got sick after his first public appearance, according to Nickelodeon Magazine.
Doodling
Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley doodles in Cabinet meetings and got sick after his first public appearance, according to Nickelodeon Magazine.
Education
N.J. Teachers Agree To Suspend Letter-Writing Boycott
Teachers in Verona, N.J., have headed off a court battle by reversing their decision to boycott writing recommendation letters for college-bound students.
Education
L.A. Breakup Plans Gather Head of Steam
The Los Angeles Unified School District seems misnamed. It reaches far beyond Los Angeles to include other cities miles away, and its residents are often far from unified.
Education
Textbook Teachers
Ever since teachers Sue Ellen McMullin and Patricia Couts started using the textbook Stairway to Algebra, not once have they heard their students ask the dreaded question, "When are we ever going to use this?"
Education
People Column
Mildred M. Winter, the creator and director of the acclaimed Parents as Teachers program, has won the 1995 Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Education. She is scheduled to receive a $50,000 cash prize and a medallion in a ceremony on Nov. 8.
Education
FCC Urged To Set Standards for Children's TV
A coalition of educators and children's-television advocates called on the Federal Communications Commission last week to adopt a rule requiring broadcasters to air at least one hour of educational programming a day.
Education
GOP Candidate for Kentucky Governor Attacks Reform Law
Kentucky's gubernatorial campaign took an unexpected twist last week when Republican candidate Larry Forgy, a Lexington lawyer viewed by many education groups as a moderate, launched an attack on the state's 1990 reform law.
Education
Pa. Bill To Outlaw Teacher Strikes Advances
The state that historically has led the nation in its number of teacher strikes is working on legislation that would outlaw them. But while the idea of banning teacher strikes in Pennsylvania has broad appeal, some there are wary of the trade-off.
Education
District Coalition Challenges Wis. School-Funding System
About 100 Wisconsin school districts filed a lawsuit last week challenging the state's school-finance system and arguing that recent changes in state law will only make things worse.
Education
Weld Welfare Proposal Seeks To Curb Teen Pregnancy
Emboldened by the authority over welfare programs that Congress is expected to soon transfer to the states, Gov. William F. Weld of Massachusetts has become the first governor to propose cutting off cash assistance to unmarried mothers younger than 18.
Education
Mass. Ties Teacher Loan-Payback Program to High Grades
The state of Massachusetts wants its brightest college students to go into the classroom and teach, so much so that it is willing to help pay back their student loans--if they graduate in the top quarter of their class.
Education
Gates Company Buys Photo Collection Used In Textbook Publishing
Textbook publishers were cautiously optimistic last week that the sale of one of their prime sources of archival photographs would have a minimal impact on their industry.
Education
Governor's Race in Miss. Pivots on Education
No matter who is living in the big white house at the corner of Capitol and Congress streets here come next year, he will be hounded by the same promise: to change the face of the state's school system.
Education
Schools Fear Fiscal, Social Impact of Medicaid Cuts
Officials of the Chicago public schools are so alarmed at the prospect of losing $35 million in federal Medicaid funding that they are sending students home with fliers that entreat parents to lobby their representatives in Congress.
Education
Pa. Race Gives Voters Chance To Weigh In on Privatization
In Wilkinsburg, Pa., next month's school board election hinges on what has become a familiar question in the Pittsburgh suburb: to privatize or not to privatize.