April 30, 1997

Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 31
Education Staying in the Game
James Deanes used to be on the outside looking in at the Chicago public schools. As the head of the Parent/Community Council, an advisory group created in 1987 by then-Mayor Harold Washington, Mr. Deanes for years was a well-known reform activist.
Ann Bradley, April 30, 1997
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23 min read
Education Chicago's Road to Reform
1986--Mayor Harold Washington convenes an "education summit'' to prod city businesses to hire well-qualified public school graduates. Talks later break down.
Ann Bradley, April 30, 1997
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1 min read
Education Community Resources
An after-school tutoring program based at a Cleveland apartment complex is not only giving children the extra help they need to succeed in school. It's also improving the image of the development by attracting more stable, family-oriented residents.
Linda Jacobson, April 30, 1997
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3 min read
Education Blurring the Lines
In a bungalow ringed by patrol cars on a residential street here, Albert London works with police to process a fresh batch of delinquents plucked from the streets on a sticky spring afternoon.
Jessica Portner, April 30, 1997
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16 min read
English-Language Learners Denver Hispanics Assail Bilingual Ed. Plan
A plan to overhaul Denver's bilingual education program has divided school officials and Hispanic community activists, who have flocked to protest the proposal at public hearings over the past two months.
Lynn Schnaiberg, April 30, 1997
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5 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor

College-in-High-School Laws: Minnesota's Preceded Idaho's

April 30, 1997
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23 min read
School Choice & Charters Opinion The False Friends of Charter Schools
President Clinton has become a cheerleader for charter schools. Hurrah for that. Most of the dozens of charter schools we've visited are pretty terrific.
Gregg Vanourek, Bruno V. Manno & Chester E. Finn Jr., April 30, 1997
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12 min read
School & District Management Opinion Set Up for Failure
The District of Columbia financial-control board's recent takeover of Washington's public schools was another example of such action against an urban school system on the verge of collapse.
John Ralph & James Crouse, April 30, 1997
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7 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management Opinion The World as Multimedia Village
Have you noticed that the Internet is changing the world into a multimedia village? Information--the raw material of knowledge--is roaring in over the Internet--all in virtual time, virtual color, virtual sound, virtual animation, and virtual video.
Jack McGarvey, April 30, 1997
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7 min read