April 23, 1997
Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 30
Federal
Title Holder
Thomas W. Payzant, this city's hard-driving and plain-spoken schools superintendent, leans back on a plastic chair in a beige cinder-block office and throws out what he calls a "softball" question.
Federal
Binding the Pieces Together
When Ellen Guiney arrived in Washington in 1992 as the Senate aide
overseeing the overhaul of federal K-12 programs, she discovered that
the nation's high-poverty schools received money from a patchwork of
federal programs, each addressing specific needs of students and none
aiming to improve everyt
Education
From Chapter to Title
In 1994, Congress reauthorized what had been known as Chapter 1. Now called Title I, the new law retains some of the vestiges of Chapter 1, but makes it easier for schools to pool their resources and address the needs of the entire student population rather than isolated students.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
Vouchers: A Questionable Answer To an Unasked Question
Providing vouchers to private and parochial students has been
offered as the answer to reforming public education--ah, but what was
the question?
Education
Opinion
Why American Education Is Failing
Two new, crucial, and interrelated skills will control the fate of
American education: (1) How to more deeply motivate growing youngsters;
and (2) How to systemically address parental growth and family
issues.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Making Time for Collegiality
I was at a meeting recently and heard a colleague relating an
experience she found intriguing. Several people from her district had
attended a national conference, and she had been a member of the group.
Education
Letter to the Editor
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