May 21, 1997

Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 34
Law & Courts Advice of Counsel
Ann L. Majestic is running to keep up with a work-week that is starting to outpace her.
Mark Walsh, May 21, 1997
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14 min read
Student Well-Being Fighting for a Future
On a quiet Thursday night in this desert town, the Brawley Boys' and Girls' Club gym is as active as a popcorn popper.Grunts and smacks echo through the cinder block building as members of the La Gente Boxing Club jab punching bags, skip rope, and shadowbox. Manuel Carillo, a school bus driver, eyes
Robert C. Johnston, May 21, 1997
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16 min read
Education Opinion How Title I Can (Still) Save America's Children
The verdict is in, and it's very bad. "Prospects," the national longitudinal study of Chapter 1, was recently released by Congress. Its overall conclusion: Chapter 1 had little if any impact on the achievement of the children it served.
Robert E. Slavin, May 21, 1997
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9 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor

Do We Need Another Test? Before Answering, Ask Why

May 21, 1997
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9 min read
Ed-Tech Policy Opinion High-Tech Schools and Low-Tech Teaching
Technology-minded school reformers, including for the first time in American history the president and vice president of the United States, say that current use of computers in classrooms is meager.
Larry Cuban, May 21, 1997
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8 min read
Education Opinion Equity and Choice in a Manhattan District
Skeptics of public school choice have over the years issued a number of warnings: Weak students stand to lose under such an arrangement; it would turn education into a sorting machine channeling poor and minority youngsters into one set of schools and the more fortunate into another; there would be
Mary Anne Raywid & Robert B. Kottkamp, May 21, 1997
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3 min read