September 18, 1996

Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 03
Education Older Students Make Presence Felt in Classes
The nation's population as a whole is aging, and the ranks of secondary school students are no exception. The percentage of 12th graders in U.S. public schools who are 19, 20, or 21 years old has nearly doubled in a decade, from 4 percent in 1984 to 7 percent in 1994, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Jessica Portner, September 18, 1996
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Education Grants

From Private Sources


Carnegie Corporation of New York
September 18, 1996
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Early Childhood Carnegie Offers Reform Strategy for Ages 3 to 10

Many of the nation's young children already are faltering when they start kindergarten and achieve far below their potential during the early grades, a new report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York says.

Linda Jacobson, September 18, 1996
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Education Colleges
Call it the $3 billion dollar question: Why, asks Daniel J. Cassidy, does that much financial aid from the private sector go unclaimed every year?
September 18, 1996
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Education Federal News in Brief

Conferees Plan To Revive Immigration Debate

September 18, 1996
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Education News in Brief

N.J. Extends Takeover


The New Jersey state school board has voted to extend its control of the Jersey City schools for at least another year, despite recent test scores that are the best since the state took control of the troubled district seven years ago.
September 18, 1996
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Education Going Back to School: In the City
Fed up with accounts of crime and educational blight, Valyncia Lindsey decided to teach at her old elementary school in the District of Columbia.
Robert C. Johnston, September 18, 1996
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3 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Graduation-Rate Data Spur Questions About School Quality
A federal report that finds black young adults, for the first time, are completing high school at the same rate as whites might lead some to conclude that educational parity had been achieved.
Millicent Lawton, September 18, 1996
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3 min read
Education Testing
An education writer for the Los Angeles Times advised how to make assessments believable to the public at a conference this month called "Moving Up to Complex Assessment Systems." The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, or CRESST, sponsored the event at the University of California at Los Angeles.
September 18, 1996
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Education Court Rejects Aid Ordered for Phila. Schools

Closing a turbulent chapter in Philadelphia's school-desegregation saga, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania last week overturned a lower-court ruling that had declared the state derelict in its duty to the city's public schools.

Caroline Hendrie, September 18, 1996
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Federal In Defending Teachers, Clinton Calls for Help in Improving Quality
President Clinton last week took on the issue of improving education and asked Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley to send schools a list of ideas.
Mark Pitsch, September 18, 1996
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2 min read
Equity & Diversity Pay Attention to Girls in Middle School, AAUW Says
Middle school educators would do well to take their cues about the direction of school reform from the behaviors and needs of their female students, a new report says.
Millicent Lawton, September 18, 1996
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2 min read
Federal Teacher Adviser Provides 'Reality Check' in ED

When Terry K. Dozier started her new job at the Department of Education, speaking her mind in meetings so unnerved her that the veteran teacher returned to her hotel room sick to her stomach.

Ann Bradley, September 18, 1996
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Teacher Preparation U. of Chicago Mulls Axing Ed. Department
Despite protests from students and alumni, the University of Chicago is considering eliminating its venerable department of education.
Jeanne Ponessa, September 18, 1996
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3 min read
Science 2 Districts Apply Blue Pencil And Glue to Science Books
The big-bang theory has been under intense academic scrutiny recently--but not from eminent scientists.
Jessica Portner, September 18, 1996
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1 min read
Education Report Roundup

Federal Study Tracks Differences Between Urban, Other Students

September 18, 1996
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Education Take Note

Time To Eat


When students at two Wayne County, W.Va., high schools were told that their lunch period would be cut back to accommodate more classes, they took to the streets. Apparently, a little civil unrest can go a long way.
September 18, 1996
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School Choice & Charters Poll Results Backing Choice Run Counter to Earlier Surveys
A majority of Americans support school choice, including the idea of providing tax-funded scholarships for poor parents to send their children to public, private, or parochial schools, according to a poll released last week.
Lynn Olson, September 18, 1996
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Equity & Diversity About this series:
As K-12 enrollment surges to 51.7 million this fall, past the record set in 1971 as a result of the post-World War II baby boom, Education Week takes a look at the children, teachers, and schools behind the numbers. The five-week series began last week; the final installment will appear in the Oct. 9 issue.
September 18, 1996
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Education Empower America Cast in Key Role in Dole Campaign

In the past two months, perhaps no trio of Republicans has shared the spotlight with Bob Dole as much as Jack F. Kemp, William J. Bennett, and Lamar Alexander.

Mark Pitsch, September 18, 1996
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School & District Management W.Va. Leaves District Better Than It Found It

West Virginia has relinquished the reins of a struggling school system, leaving behind a rare state-takeover success story: a state-hired superintendent in charge of a system with higher test scores and better management and buoyed by local acceptance.

David J. Hoff, September 18, 1996
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Education People
Among the 11 people who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom last week were three recipients involved in education and other youth-related work. President Clinton awarded the medals, the highest honor the nation bestows on civilians, at a ceremony in Washington.
September 18, 1996
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1 min read
Education Disgruntled Mohawks Take Over N.Y. School
The Salmon River school district, surrounded by dairy farms in the northernmost reaches of New York state, has had a decidedly atypical back-to-school season.
Lynn Schnaiberg, September 18, 1996
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Education Legislative Update
The following are summaries of final action by legislatures on state education budgets and other education-related matters.
September 18, 1996
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Teaching Profession AFT Probes Charges in Chicago Union Election
High-ranking officials of the American Federation of Teachers held a hearing in Chicago last week to examine allegations that the city's teachers' union held an unfair election last spring.
Ann Bradley, September 18, 1996
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2 min read
Education Federal File

Armed service


The debate over President Clinton's Corporation for National Service is so intense that a fight almost broke out last week over a seemingly minor matter: whether a corporation official would be considered a witness or an aide to a witness at a congressional hearing.
September 18, 1996
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Education Many Boomers Expect Their Children To Try Illegal Drugs
Many parents of the baby boom generation who used drugs when they were younger expect that their teenage children will do the same, and they believe there is little they can do to stop it, a survey released last week revealed.
Jessica Portner, September 18, 1996
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Education Research: Notes

Turnabout is not fair play


More than half the high school victims of sexual harassment admit having harassed a schoolmate themselves at some point in their school careers.
Debra Viadero, September 18, 1996
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Education State Journal

A fair fight


A South Dakota lawmaker plans a fight to stop children from returning to school before Labor Day.
September 18, 1996
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