June 25, 1997

Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 39
School Choice & Charters State Charter Laws Get New Round of Attention
Six states and the District of Columbia passed legislation last year allowing charter schools within their borders for the first time. As of late last week, this year's new additions stood at two: Mississippi and Pennsylvania.
Lynn Schnaiberg, June 25, 1997
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Equity & Diversity Diversity 101
It's lunchtime at Menlo-Atherton High School, and everyone is in place. =para Out in the parking lot, black and Hispanic upperclassmen congregate at their cars, parked closest to Middlefield Road. Next to them--in a progression as unchangeable as the clear, sunny weather--come Asians, then white juniors, then white seniors. Off to the other side are the "stoners," with black T-shirts and matching eye makeup.
Ann Bradley, June 25, 1997
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School Choice & Charters 'Satisfaction' Study Takes Stock of Opinions on Charter Schools
Students, teachers, and parents are most satisfied with charter schools performance on educational matters, but less happy when it comes to transportation, sports, and the school building itself, according to a report scheduled for release this week.
Lynn Schnaiberg, June 25, 1997
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School Climate & Safety State Specs for a Model School

The Florida legislature has given the state education department until next spring to come up with a prototype elementary school plan. Here are some likely characteristics of the prototype:

Robert C. Johnston, June 25, 1997
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Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor

Year-Round School Calendar Affects Entry-Age Debate

June 25, 1997
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Education Opinion On Lame Horses and Tortoises
A recent issue of this publication had a page-one story headlined "Teachers Need Nuts, Bolts of Reforms, Experts Say." (See Education Week, April 30, 1997.) The article quotes a teacher: "There is no model for me to make a prediction about.
Theodore R. Sizer, June 25, 1997
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Education Opinion 'A Test of Our Progress ...'
It is said that hope is the memory of the future. But this month's self-congratulations over America's long-ago generosity in bailing out war-torn Europe and over federal budget negotiators' success in balancing the national checkbook show just how far we have allowed the country's hopes to fade for its urban schoolchildren, who in a very real sense are America's future.
Michael Casserly, June 25, 1997
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Student Well-Being Opinion Do Sports Still Build Character?
We have heard since we were children that school athletic programs help students learn sportsmanship and build character. But do sports really do that anymore?
Rob Voors, June 25, 1997
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Education Opinion The High Cost Of Incivility
In the lives of each of us, there are defining moments, those single specks of a lifetime when we are required to search our hearts and souls. Usually these moments are defined by events, great or small, that touch the very core of our existence and dictate, from that moment on, our behavior.
Richard J. Thomas, June 25, 1997
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Teacher Preparation Opinion The Professoriate's Resistance To Teaching and Service
A few years ago an "ad hoc" campuswide faculty committee in a large, prestigious land-grant university in California was appointed to provide recommendations for reductions and cost savings in the university's academic programs.
Dennis L. Evans, June 25, 1997
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