November 29, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 15, Issue 13
Education
Education Seen A Litmus Issue In '96 Election
Education, usually a second-tier issue in presidential campaigns at best, could prove to be a defining theme for President Clinton and his GOP opponents in 1996, political observers say.
Education
At NSTA, New Science Guy Is Renaissance Man
Gerald Wheeler has his eyes on every school in the nation.
Education
School Leaders, Desegregation Panel Lock Horns in Chicago
The leadership of the Chicago school system has become locked in a bitter struggle with the commission that oversees the district's desegregation efforts.
Education
Curriculum Column
A group of top scientists, policymakers, and teachers has embraced a
plan to reverse the traditional sequence in which high school sciences
are taught so that all students take physics in their freshman year,
followed by chemistry, then biology.
Education
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, Key G.O.P. Moderate, To Retire in 1996
Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum, R-Kan., the chairwoman of the Senate panel that handles education issues and a leading moderate voice on issues affecting schools and children, announced last week that she will not seek re-election next year.
Education
Sylvan Makes Quiet Inroads Into Public Schools
The Sylvan Learning Center stands out as the only classroom at Sojourner Truth Elementary School with four walls.
Education
American Visionaries
"I detect a kind of archetypal educator mentality of being frustrated by working within the system," Maxwell says. "We are all striking out, some blindly and some wisely, but all of us looking for a new path."
Education
Judge Rejects Prop 187 Bans on Calif. Services
A federal judge in Los Angeles last week struck down many provisions, including those relating to schools, contained in the 1994 ballot measure California voters passed to curb illegal immigration.
Education
2nd NAACP Official Questions Merits of Busing
For the second time in a month, the NAACP has had to grapple with internal dissent provoked by a local branch leader's criticisms of busing.
Education
Confederate Symbols Stir Racial Tensions in Ga.
At three north Georgia high schools in recent weeks, still-powerful symbols of the Confederacy have stirred racial tensions.
Education
Language-Arts Standards Spur Mixed Reviews
Don't expect the national standards being written for English-language arts to look anything like the other subject-matter standards that have come before them. And don't expect them to spell out what students should know and be able to do.
Education
Conferees at Impasse Over Tuition Vouchers for D.C. Schools
Washington
Congressional leaders have agreed to most of a broad plan to reform the District of Columbia schools, but remained at an impasse last week over a tuition-voucher proposal championed by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
Congressional leaders have agreed to most of a broad plan to reform the District of Columbia schools, but remained at an impasse last week over a tuition-voucher proposal championed by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.
Education
Draft Plans To Reauthorize Spec.-Ed. Law on Same Course
A draft Senate proposal for reauthorizing the primary federal special-education law indicates that how to divide federal aid among states and school districts may become a contentious issue when lawmakers retool the law next year.
Education
People Column
After 12 years on the school board in Clinton, Iowa, LaMetta Wynn wanted to do something different. So she ran for mayor--and won, becoming in the process the first black female mayor in the state's history.
Education
State Journal
The agriculture commissioner of Texas has taken the unusual step of opposing a science textbook and writing all of the state's local school board presidents urging them to reject it.
Textbook Politics
The agriculture commissioner of Texas has taken the unusual step of opposing a science textbook and writing all of the state's local school board presidents urging them to reject it.
Education
Minn. Governor Unveils Private School Voucher Plan
Gov. Arne Carlson of Minnesota has announced the details of a voucher plan that would give families public money to send their children to private or religious schools.
Education
Federal File
Former Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander finished third among contenders for the 1996 GOP presidential nomination in the recent Florida Republican straw poll.
Straw Polling
Former Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander finished third among contenders for the 1996 GOP presidential nomination in the recent Florida Republican straw poll.
Education
Lawmakers Introduce Religious-Expression Proposals
After a year of debate about school prayer and religious liberty, two members of Congress have introduced competing proposals that would amend the U.S. Constitution to provide greater protection for religious expression.
Education
Baltimore To Terminate EAI Schools Contract
Baltimore abruptly ended its 3-1/2-year experiment with school privatization last week when the school district announced it would terminate its contract with Education Alternatives Inc.
Education
With Economy Booming, Utah Educators Draw Up Wish Lists
With a booming state treasury and a rare respite from soaring school enrollments, 1996 could be the year that Utah lawmakers increase classroom spending, raise teacher salaries, or launch new education programs.
Education
Declarations of Independence
In a squat city building on a gray autumn day, workers are putting on the finishing touches.
In a squat city building on a gray autumn day, workers are putting on the finishing touches.