August 5, 1998
Education Week, Vol. 17, Issue 43
Education
Legislative Update
The following are summaries of final fiscal 1999 budgets for schools and highlights of education-related action during legislative sessions. Budget totals for K-12 education include money for state education administration, but do not include federal, flow-through dollars.
The following are summaries of final fiscal 1999 budgets for schools and highlights of education-related action during legislative sessions. Budget totals for K-12 education include money for state education administration, but do not include federal, flow-through dollars.
School Climate & Safety
District Holding Some Notes in Assault Case
The Grosse Pointe, Mich., school system has refused to surrender certain notes in a rape investigation involving district students, saying state law prohibits school officials from releasing records of conversations between students and staff members.
Teacher Preparation
N.Y. To Require Accreditation for Ed. Schools
Colleges and schools of education in New York state are taking a hard look at teacher-exam pass rates and accreditation requirements following the state's recent adoption of stricter teacher education standards.
Ed-Tech Policy
Lawmakers, Education Policymakers Tackle Technology
The logistical and philosophical struggles that schools face in an age of high technology were much in evidence during one session at the recent annual meeting here of the Education Commission of the States.
Education
Contractor Gets More Time To Write National Test Items
The independent panel designing President Clinton's proposed voluntary national tests is juggling its development schedule even as Republicans in Congress are moving to stop its work.
Student Achievement
Helping Students Cope Is Part of Summer Strategy
As Kevin Burel chats with his friends and instructors here in an oak-paneled dining hall, the bubbly, dark-haired, 16-year-old is the picture of an average teenager.
Equity & Diversity
Taxes, Transfer Program on the Table in St. Louis Desegregation Settlement
When he signed a recent bill aimed at ending court-ordered school desegregation in Missouri, Gov. Mel Carnahan hailed it as "a monumental piece of legislation." The measure's final outlines, however, are scarcely set in stone.
School & District Management
Second Chance Before Heading to High School
Jo'Vanna Johnson entered Long Beach Preparatory Academy in the same boat as everyone else.
School Choice & Charters
More Parents Want Charters, Ed. Dept. Study Concludes
Parent demand for charter schools has grown, but the schools continue to face such obstacles as a lack of start-up funds and inadequate facilities, a report from the U.S. Department of Education says.
Teacher Preparation
Mass. Reacts to More Test Data; Teacher Proposal Outlined
A school-by-school breakdown of scores on Massachusetts' first-ever exam for licensing new teachers is forcing some education schools to take a hard look at their curricula, even as state officials propose creating one of the nation's most intensive programs of teacher recruitment and training.
Education
State Journal
Welcome to Kentucky. Land of fast horses, bluegrass, Derby pie, and now, the state where a good education pays.
Where it pays to learn
Welcome to Kentucky. Land of fast horses, bluegrass, Derby pie, and now, the state where a good education pays.
Special Education
Department Still Compiling Final Regulations for IDEA
Washington
Washington
Months after missing their target release date, the final rules for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are still nowhere in sight.
Student Achievement
Waco Gets Tough With Summer School Effort
Summer vacation has finally arrived for nearly 2,000 students in Waco, Texas, who endured six weeks of summer school under the toughest retention policy in the Lone Star State.
Education
News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
Texas State School Board Votes To Sell Disney Stock
Declaring that the company behind Mickey Mouse also helps produce movies with too much sex and violence, the Texas school board has voted 8-4 to sell its $46.4 million in Walt Disney Co. stocks.
Equity & Diversity
Barriers to Education Exist Long Before High School Among Latinos, Report Says
While much has been made of the high dropout rates among Hispanic students, a recent report suggests that Latinos face barriers to gaining a good education long before high school.
Education
News in Brief: A Washington Roundup
Clinton Vetoes GOP-Backed Savings-Account Measure
President Clinton has vetoed the education-savings-accounts bill that is a cornerstone of the GOP education agenda.
School Climate & Safety
Ariz. High Court OKs Plan To End Facilities Lawsuit
Arizona's high court has put its stamp of approval on the state's plan for creating a more equitable system of financing school construction. The ruling last month capped years of legislative wrangling.
Teaching Profession
Despite National Defeat, NEA and AFT Work Toward Mergers in States
New Orleans
A crucial vote here this summer dashed union leaders' hopes for an imminent merger, but in a shift of strategy, the two national teachers' unions are working to allow their state affiliates to unify while pulling together a process to guide future negotiations at the national level.
A crucial vote here this summer dashed union leaders' hopes for an imminent merger, but in a shift of strategy, the two national teachers' unions are working to allow their state affiliates to unify while pulling together a process to guide future negotiations at the national level.
Assessment
Court Frees California From Ban on Publishing LEP Test Results
With the legal battle around California's new statewide basic-skills tests over for now, districts are divided over what to do with the data for the 4.1 million students in grades 2-11 who took the controversial exam this spring.
School & District Management
Researcher at Center of Storm Over Vouchers
Cambridge, Mass.
School is out on the Harvard University campus, and the atmosphere in Paul E. Peterson's book-lined office is calm, even serene. Footsteps echo in the corridor. Small groups of visitors saunter across the lawn outside.
School is out on the Harvard University campus, and the atmosphere in Paul E. Peterson's book-lined office is calm, even serene. Footsteps echo in the corridor. Small groups of visitors saunter across the lawn outside.
Ed-Tech Policy
Future Shape of E-Rate Program in State of Flux on Capitol Hill
The fate of the E-rate remains uncertain on Capitol Hill, where Congress is weighing a proposal that could change the program dramatically.
School & District Management
Researcher at Center of Storm Over Vouchers
Cambridge, Mass.
School is out on the Harvard University campus, and the atmosphere in Paul E. Peterson's book-lined office is calm, even serene. Footsteps echo in the corridor. Small groups of visitors saunter across the lawn outside.
School is out on the Harvard University campus, and the atmosphere in Paul E. Peterson's book-lined office is calm, even serene. Footsteps echo in the corridor. Small groups of visitors saunter across the lawn outside.