July 8, 1998
Private, for-profit alternative schools can't multiply fast enough for parents and principals anxious to find new venues for students cast out of public schools.
Washington
The House Education and the Workforce Committee has narrowly approved a measure that would consolidate 31 federal education programs and create a new $2.7 billion block grant for states.
Funding for a new literacy program--a priority for President Clinton, as well as some Republicans in Congress--has quietly died on Capitol Hill, where it became a victim of partisan discord and bad timing.
Following are excerpts from the U.S. Supreme Court's majority and dissenting opinions in Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District.
Though workbooks lie open and students sit neatly at their desks, the 8th graders assembled for the day's geometry lesson this morning at Beaubien Elementary School seem lulled.
Savings-Account Bill Faces Presidential Veto
The Senate passed a compromise "education savings accounts" plan on June 24, but the 59-36 vote in its favor did not provide a veto-proof margin.
Following a complaint from a gay student who said he endured two years of abuse by other students, the Fayetteville, Ark., school district has signed an agreement with the federal Department of Education to crack down on sexual harassment.
There's something about Rep. Carolyn McCarthy that makes this group of 150 or so middle school students sit on the edge of their seats, watching and listening intently.
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Christie Says He May Resign As Texas School Board Chief
The chairman of the Texas board of education says he is "90 percent" sure that he will quit the 15-member panel by the end of the year, cutting short his term on the board by two years.