August 7, 1996
A jury in a federal court has awarded more than $500,000 to the former superintendent of a rural Maryland school district after it found that his contract was not renewed because of racial discrimination.
The superintendent of the Houston school district has proposed turning to private schools as one option for dealing with serious overcrowding in the nation's sixth-largest school system.
For a few days in the fall of 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., became the setting for one of the most dramatic confrontations in the long struggle for black civil rights.
In its first major report on charter schools, the American Federation of Teachers has endorsed the concept, while urging greater attention to employee rights and academic standards in charter legislation.
As he unveiled his education agenda, Bob Dole was joined by two old hands on the issue--William J. Bennett and Lamar Alexander--as well as three Republican governors known for conservative school reforms.
New throngs of friendly, zany, instructive TV personalities may join Big Bird, Carmen Sandiego, and Bill Nye the Science Guy, following an accord to expand the amount of educational programming on television.
Joining a lengthening list of districts embracing a return to neighborhood schools, the Prince George's County, Md., school board will seek court approval to abandon busing for racial balance.
In a move that surprised and puzzled legal experts and educators alike, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court stepped into Philadelphia's school-desegregation case at a time when a lower-court judge was only part way through a stormy trial in the 25-year-old legal battle.
Teachers should work at least two additional weeks each year to allow adequate time for the kind of in-depth professional development that leads to greater student learning, a study by the National Education Association's foundation recommends.
Florida's law promising to revoke the driver's licenses of teenagers who drop out of school rode off into the sunset this summer, expiring from nonrenewal after six years.
Below is information on eight of the better known national competitions along with some of the major prizes each offers.
Barbara H. Valerious, a principal in the Chicago public schools, has seen plenty of comings and goings over the years in the central office of the nation's third-largest district.
Residents of Montoursville, Pa., have set up a memorial fund at their local high school to honor the 16 members of the school's French club and five adult chaperones who were killed in last month's explosion of TWA Flight 800.
The age-old tension between the rights of parents and the responsibilities of government has sparked a new battle in the state whose motto is "live free or die."
At first, it's hard to see the connection between the crumbling roof on a 70-year-old high school in Forks, Wash., and the infestation of mountain pine beetles in the Loomis State Forest.
Colo. Gains New Ed-Flex Privileges
Colorado education officials will be able to waive certain federal regulations now that the state has received the Department of Education's "Ed-Flex" designation.
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
A pledge by cable television companies to give nearly all public schools in the nation free basic Internet access will also benefit the highly competitive industry, company officials hope.
The following are summaries of final action by legislatures on state education budgets and other education-related matters.
NetDay96, the highly publicized volunteer effort in March to wire California schools for computer networks, will expand nationwide, with as many as 40 states expected to stage one-day events in October.