March 25, 1998

Education Week, Vol. 17, Issue 28
Special Education Side by Side
Gathered in the spacious area outside their open classrooms, the 1st and 2nd graders start their daily assembly this rainy winter morning with patriotic songs. Boisterously, if a bit off-key, the group of 100 or so belts out traditional favorites.
Joetta L. Sack, March 25, 1998
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26 min read
Accountability Failing Schools Challenge Accountability Goals
While many states and districts have been able to improve climate and test results in their worst schools, it is not clear whether these gains will last.
Caroline Hendrie & Lynn Olson, March 25, 1998
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11 min read
Special Education Training for Inclusion
To ease the transition to fully inclusive classrooms, the 147,500-student Hillsborough County, Fla., district takes about three days during the summer break to train general and special education teachers together.
Joetta L. Sack, March 25, 1998
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Education Opinion Citizenship: The 'Lost Social Mandate of the Public School'
In 1995, my colleague and I won a grant competition conducted by the U.S. Information Agency that supported a two-year project dedicated to the reform of civic education in the high schools of the Czech Republic. The idea behind our initiative was to target the school as an agency for the encouragement and sustenance of democracy and to help Czech educators develop the curriculum materials, teaching strategies, and organizational schemes needed to bring civic consciousness and democratic practice to the school experience.
Peter S. Hlebowitsh, March 25, 1998
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6 min read
Education Opinion Trashing School-to-Work
At a recent reunion, a former college classmate with whom I had long ago lost touch smiled benignly while another old friend described her journey from union organizer to real estate agent. But when I reported that my job involved me in school-to-work activities, he recoiled in horror.
Adria Steinberg, March 25, 1998
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8 min read
Education Opinion Losing Weight and Reforming Schools
Let me begin talking about the seemingly endless school reform debate with what might appear to be a far-out analogy. =para Let's say that John Noshwell is overweight. He finally decides that he's got to shed a few pounds and needs some help to overcome his lack of self-discipline. So one day he goes to sign in at the Downsizing Weight Loss Clinic.
Edmund Janko, March 25, 1998
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4 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters

Colleges Article Lacks Sense of History, Economics

March 25, 1998
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7 min read