June 9, 1999

Education Week, Vol. 18, Issue 39
Education Opinion Bring Honor and Meaning to Learning
Mark, who earned a D in my college-prep English class last semester, patiently waits for me to finish talking with a few students after class. Two friends of his wait with him. As it happens, these students also earned D's last semester in my class. They are all great kids, though not great students. Still, each of them can, when he feels inclined, do exceptional work, and raise the level of class discussion dramatically with a comment or question.
Jim Burke, June 9, 1999
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4 min read
Education Letter to the Editor Letters

NCATE Test Claims Generate Questions


To the Editor:
June 9, 1999
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17 min read
School Climate & Safety News in Brief: A Washington Roundup
Entertainment-Marketing Study
Ordered
May 26, 1999
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1 min read
College & Workforce Readiness Higher Education Alliance Rallies for Student-Aid Cause
In a flashback to the budget battles of 1995, members of the higher education community are closing ranks to prepare for a looming federal funding showdown this coming fall on Capitol Hill.
Julie Blair, May 26, 1999
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4 min read
School Climate & Safety Health Update

Report Raises Concerns About Portable Classrooms

May 26, 1999
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3 min read
School Choice & Charters Court Limits 'Tuitioning' Aid in Maine
A federal appeals court has upheld the state of Maine's refusal to reimburse parents who send their children to religious schools.
Mark Walsh, May 26, 1999
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2 min read
Education Texas Legislative Highlights
Following are education highlights of the 1999-2000 session of the Texas legislature, which ended May 31. Among other action, the lawmakers:
May 26, 1999
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1 min read
School & District Management Illinois Strikes Compromise on Chicago Principals
Illinois lawmakers have approved a compromise bill that would give top school officials in Chicago a new avenue to influence the selection of principals, but less sway than the district had originally sought.
Caroline Hendrie, May 26, 1999
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2 min read
Education Partisan Control of State Legislatures, 1938-98
Election Year
Democrats
Republicans
Split
1938
21
19
6
1940
21
17
8
1942
19
24
3
1944
19
24
3
1946
17
25
4
1948
19
16
11
1950
19
21
6
1952
16
26
4
1954
19
20
7
1956
22
19
5
1958
30
7
11
1960
27
15
6
1962
25
17
6
1964
32
6
10
1966
23
16
9
1968
20
20
8
1970
23
16
9
1972
26
16
7
1974
37
4
8
1976
35
4
10
1978
31
11
7
1980
29
15
5
1982
34
11
4
1984
26
11
12
1986
28
9
12
1988
29
8
12
1990
30
6
13
1992
25
8
16
1994*
18
19
12
1996
20
18
11
1998, Pre-Election
20
19
10
* The 1994 legislative elections triggered significant partisan turnover.
May 26, 1999
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1 min read
Education Administrators
Leadership Rewarded: Seven principals heading schools with enviable achievement results revealed the secret of their success at a recent gathering in Washington. The secret: There is no secret.
May 26, 1999
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2 min read
Education More Students Turning Up at the Conference Table
When Michelle Baker first learned that her son Colin would take part in a parent-teacher conference, she was skeptical.
Linda Jacobson, May 26, 1999
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6 min read
Education CEOs Reflect on 10 Years of Helping Schools Improve
A group of top corporate executives is recommitting itself to the task of reforming public education.
Mark Walsh, May 26, 1999
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3 min read
Student Well-Being State Journal
Fed up with mandates
Leave us alone!
May 26, 1999
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1 min read
School & District Management N.J. Plans To End Takeover in Jersey City
A decade after seizing control of the Jersey City schools because of abysmal test scores and financial and political turmoil, New Jersey state officials unveiled a plan last week for returning the district to local control.
Kerry A. White, May 26, 1999
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4 min read
Education Texas Legislature Passes Teacher Pay Raises, Tax Cuts
When all was said and done last week, the Texas legislature seemed to have provided something for everyone: raises for teachers, new tests for students, and bragging rights for a likely presidential contender.
Robert C. Johnston, May 26, 1999
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4 min read
Education People in the News
May 26, 1999
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1 min read
Education Partisan Politics Lend New Twist To State Debates
Third in an occasional series.

In the closing hours of the Arizona state legislative session this spring, tempers flared not over what did happen, but rather, what didn't.

Jessica L. Sandham, May 26, 1999
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9 min read
Student Well-Being Supreme Court Addresses Two More Harassment Cases
Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court disposed of two more cases last week dealing with peer sexual harassment, but with no clear message expanding on last month's decision that schools can be held liable under Title IX for such harassment.

Mark Walsh, May 26, 1999
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3 min read
Assessment Group To Launch New International Assessment
Educators and policymakers will have one more indicator of how well U.S. high school students match up against their counterparts around the world, thanks to a new international assessment to be launched next year.
Kathleen Kennedy Manzo, May 26, 1999
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3 min read
Education News in Brief: A National Roundup

L.A. To Review How Students Are Assigned to Spec. Ed.

May 26, 1999
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7 min read
Gerald N. Tirozzi
School & District Management Secondary Schools Search for Role in ESEA
Washington

Even if Congress keeps a promise to substantially raise federal education spending this year, one thing seems likely: Secondary school students will see a disproportionately small share of the money.

Erik W. Robelen, May 26, 1999
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4 min read
School Climate & Safety Home Schooling Queries Spike After Shootings
In the weeks after a deadly school shooting spree in Colorado--and the wave of bomb scares and threats of violence against other schools that followed--national home school leaders say they are seeing a spike in parent requests for home schooling information.
Lynn Schnaiberg, May 26, 1999
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3 min read
Education Take Note
Flame-red hair to dye for
Rarely has a bad-hair day affected so many people.
May 26, 1999
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1 min read
College & Workforce Readiness LEAP Gives States' Need-Based-Aid Programs Key Boost
At a time when state policymakers increasingly are embracing merit-based financial-aid programs for college, a small federal program continues to provide insurance that states won't forget poor students.
Julie Blair, May 26, 1999
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5 min read
School & District Management Local Funds Playing Larger Roles in Reform
The Boston Plan for Excellence started out in 1984 with a modest but important mission: to pitch in and help the struggling Boston schools with "mini-grants" for school projects and college scholarships for students.
Kerry A. White, May 26, 1999
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7 min read
School Climate & Safety Boston Effort Adds Some Green to Playground Blacktop

Slowly, over the past few decades, a sea of asphalt washed over the schoolyards of Boston, turning grass and gardens into knee-skinning, nature-destroying, eye-depriving black.

Bess Keller, May 26, 1999
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6 min read
English-Language Learners Federal File
Sanchez vs. Tuchman?

Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., may face another well-known GOP contender in next year's congressional elections.

May 26, 1999
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1 min read
School Choice & Charters Voucher Ruling Has Ohio Legislature on Spot
Ohio lawmakers were struggling last week to find a way to save the Cleveland voucher program, following a state supreme court ruling that faulted the program's legislative origins and put its future squarely in their hands.
Jessica L. Sandham, May 26, 1999
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5 min read
School Choice & Charters Obstacle Course





Once Ohio lawmakers passed voucher legislation for students in Cleveland, supporters believed the tough part was behind them. But those charged with implementing the program have found the going anything but easy.
Jeff Archer, May 26, 1999
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23 min read
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