February 5, 1997

Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 19
Education Research Notes
The harmful effects of a poor teacher can linger well into the future, and a string of bad teachers can leave students at a huge academic disadvantage, researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have concluded.
Lynn Olson, February 5, 1997
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6 min read
School & District Management Characteristics of Effective AIDS Education Curricula
A narrow focus on risk-taking behaviors that may lead to HIV infection and unwanted pregnancy.
Jessica Portner, February 5, 1997
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1 min read
Teaching AVID Learners
Hoover Senior High School is the alma mater of legendary Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams, but if he were to visit the school here today he would scarcely recognize it, so changed is it from the 1930s.
David Ruenzel, February 5, 1997
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23 min read
School & District Management Teaching About AIDS
Anyone who has ever tried to quit smoking, lose weight, or forgo sweets knows how difficult it can be to kick a habit. Research has shown that altering basic human activities--from eating to sleeping to having sex--can be a very tricky task.
Jessica Portner, February 5, 1997
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16 min read
Teacher Preparation Opinion Producing Teachers Who Understand, Believe, and Care
The overwhelming majority of those hired each year to teach in our schools are the product of a misbegotten set of conditions that defy accurate pinpointing of accountability.
John I. Goodlad, February 5, 1997
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15 min read
Assessment Opinion When Minority Test Scores Drop
In Maryland last summer, when the Montgomery County public schools released the district's SAT score to the public, scores for African-American students were found to have dropped by a whopping 21 points, falling from a composite score of 940 in 1995 to 919 in 1996.
Mark Simon & Joseph A. Hawkins, February 5, 1997
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6 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor

Grading 'Quality Counts': Criticism and Praise

February 5, 1997
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Separate-Sex Science Shortchanges Students
Professional women scientists and engineers are outnumbered 6-to-1 by their male colleagues. Of the college degrees awarded for these fields, women earn only 30 percent of the bachelor's degrees and 21 percent of the doctorates.
Jeffrey Weld, February 5, 1997
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4 min read