February 10, 1999

Education Week, Vol. 18, Issue 22
Education Teen Reporters Visit the Front Lines of Impeachment Battle
Two fresh-faced Minnesota journalists got a warm reception from U.S. senators last month, during a week in which the Senate grappled with setting procedural rules for President Clinton's impeachment trial.
Andrew Trotter, February 10, 1999
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Law & Courts Civil Rights Groups Sue UC-Berkeley Over Admissions Criteria
Several students and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley, last week, alleging that its undergraduate-admissions policies discriminate against minority applicants.
Julie Blair, February 10, 1999
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Education A Key to High Achievement
When a group of researchers drew up case studies of urban schools that were making progress in revamping education, the scholars noticed something different about the most successful schools in the bunch
Debra Viadero, February 10, 1999
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Education Events
For a complete listing of educational conferences and seminars, see our 1998-99 Calendar of Events.
February 10, 1999
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Education Testing
Software Entry: The publisher of the second-largest college-entrance exam is catching up with the crush to create software to help students prepare for the ACT, which about 1 million students take each year.
February 10, 1999
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Education Funding The White House Education Budget
President Clinton's fiscal 2000 spending plan targets funding toward his priorities, including his seven-year class-size-reduction initiative and the Reading Excellent Act, which focuses on teacher training.
February 10, 1999
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Education Restructured Holmes Partnership Draws Record Attendance
Restructured Holmes Partnership Draws Record Attendance: If numbers are any indication, the decision three years ago by what was then called the Holmes Group to broaden its membership beyond education schools to K-12 schools and districts has found a receptive audience.
Ann Bradley, February 10, 1999
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Education Some Crying Foul Over President's Policymaking Style

In his six years in the Oval Office, President Clinton has consistently won the public relations war on education issues with attention-getting proposals like those he unveiled in his State of the Union Address last month.

Joetta L. Sack, February 10, 1999
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Federal An Unusual Alliance Presents United Front On Title I Revisions

Public and religious schools often find themselves on opposite sides of the debate when it comes to federal education programs. But last week, an unusual alliance of 14 organizations--including the National Education Association and the U.S. Catholic Conference--urged Congress to keep vouchers and block grants off the table when it comes to Title I.

Lynn Olson, February 10, 1999
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Education Research Notes

Teachers' Reading Habits


What teachers read has a lot to do with what they teach, according to researchers from the University of Chicago.
February 10, 1999
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Father Pfleger
School Choice & Charters Buildings in Hand, Church Leaders Float Charter Ideas
To the Rev. Michael Pfleger, charter schools seem a natural fit.
Lynn Schnaiberg, February 10, 1999
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Equity & Diversity St. Louis, Kansas City Move Closer to the End Of Desegregation Cases
The St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo., school systems have moved a step closer to resolving their decades-long desegregation cases, which are among the most closely watched in the nation.
Caroline Hendrie, February 10, 1999
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Education Mo. School Board Sues To Claim Drug Money
Kansas City, Mo., school board members have accused the state's law-enforcement agencies of squirreling away millions of dollars of seized drug money that they say rightfully belongs to public schools.
Julie Blair, February 10, 1999
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Education Public or Private?
Iowans speak proudly of the state-spanning communications network that their legislature has built for them since 1991, even if some of them have grumbled along the way about the $200 million in tax dollars it has cost.
Andrew Trotter, February 10, 1999
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Education Take Note

Youth charter


High school student John Du earned a place in Los Angeles history last week, and he didn't do it by getting his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame or leaving an impression of his hands in cement. He used words.
February 10, 1999
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Law & Courts Boston Declines an Appeal of Ruling on Admissions Policy
The Boston school board voted last week not to seek a U.S. Supreme Court review of a federal appeals court ruling that struck down a race-conscious admissions policy at the district's prestigious Boston Latin School.
Mark Walsh, February 10, 1999
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Education News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
Davis Names Four to School Board; Ky. Seeks New Testing Chief--Again
February 10, 1999
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Education Gov. Hunt Emphasizes School Accountability, Early-Childhood Plans
Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. of North Carolina unveiled an ambitious plan last week for ensuring that his education reform initiatives extend beyond his final two years in office.

Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, February 10, 1999
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Education Funding Clinton Budget Emphasizes New Plans, Minor Increases

President Clinton's budget proposal for fiscal 2000 accentuates his high-profile school reform initiatives, but Republicans and some education advocates fear that it does so at the expense of existing programs.

Joetta L. Sack, February 10, 1999
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Education Hawaii Governor's School Proposal Surprises Many
A proposal by Gov. Benjamin J. Cayetano to grant two new schools in Hawaii the freedom to design their own curricula, manage their own budgets, and even eliminate collective bargaining has caught educators and legislators off guard and left many asking for details.
Linda Jacobson, February 10, 1999
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Education Federal Judge Draws the Line On District's Zero-Tolerance Policy

Federal Judge Draws the Line on District's Zero-Tolerance Policy: School districts' zero-tolerance policies on weapons, drugs, and alcohol may be running into limitations under the U.S. Constitution.
February 10, 1999
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Paul G. Vallas
Assessment Chicago Schools Take Aim at Teacher Newspaper
The Chicago school system has taken legal action against a newspaper run by dissident teachers, which last month printed entire sections of the district's new $1.3 million high school tests.
Ann Bradley, February 10, 1999
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English-Language Learners Denver Board Hopes Bilingual Ed. Plan Ends Dispute
The Denver school board late last week unanimously approved a new bilingual education plan that members hope will settle a long-running dispute with members of the Hispanic community and satisfy a federal judge.
Linda Jacobson, February 10, 1999
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Education Federal File

Your name again?


Some members of the National School Boards Association began lining up more than two hours in advance to vie for front-row seats to see President Clinton, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Gordon H. Smith, R-Ore., speak at the association's legislative conference last week.
February 10, 1999
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Jamilah R. Jor'dan
Education People
February 10, 1999
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Education News in Brief: A National Roundup

Scholarship Program Expands To Cover Students Nationwide

February 10, 1999
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Curriculum Delay in Store for State Data on NAEP Reading Scores

The Department of Education will give every state an incomplete on its reading performance when it releases "the nation's report card" this week.

David J. Hoff, February 10, 1999
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School & District Management Phila. Extends Hornbeck's Contract for 2 Years
The Philadelphia school board has extended Superintendent David W. Hornbeck's contract until August 2001, despite protests from City Council members and candidates for mayor.
February 10, 1999
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Education Deadlines
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February 10, 1999
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