January 19, 2000
Education Week, Vol. 19, Issue 19
Education
News in Brief: A National Roundup
- Baltimore Schools Chief Intends to Step Down
- Assignment Plan Changed
- Drug Tests for All
- New CEO for Hawaii Schools
- Fla. Student Dies on Bus
- Chemical Prompts Exodus
- Arrests Follow Bomb Incident
- District Chief Resigns
Education
Corrections
The special Jan. 13, 2000, Quality Counts edition of Education Week contained a number of errors.
School Climate & Safety
U.S. Judge Upholds Expulsions in Decatur
A federal judge last week squelched the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's attempt to win reinstatement for six black high school students expelled after a well-publicized brawl at a football game in Decatur, Ill.
Education
People in the News
Robert Messina Jr., the president of Burlington County College in Pemberton, N.J., has been elected a trustee of the College Board for a four-year term, effective Jan. 3.
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Mathematics
Chicago Makes Deal With Feds To Hire Foreign Teachers
The Chicago public schools are facing such a severe shortage of math and science teachers that the system has teamed up with two federal agencies to recruit teachers overseas.
School & District Management
New Demands, New Pressures Alter Administrators' Roles
Superintendents and principals are quick to note how much the dimensions of their jobs have changed.
Federal
Who Stands for What On Education?
Four years ago, Republicans vying for their party's presidential nomination were virtually unanimous in their position on the U.S. Department of Education: Get rid of it.
Four years ago, Republicans vying for their party's presidential nomination were virtually unanimous in their position on the U.S. Department of Education: Get rid of it.
Education
Federal File
Showdown countdown
Education savings accounts will again figure prominently among Republicans' proposals in the House this year, and party leaders are already scheduling a showdown with the White House.
Education
From Arizona to Vermont, Governors Highlight Education
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- New York
- Vermont
School & District Management
Business Leader Is Named Interim Chancellor in N.Y.C.
New York City school board members last week named a Manhattan business leader—rather than an educator—as interim chancellor of the nation's largest school system, two weeks after the board declined to renew Rudolph F. Crew's contract.
Early Childhood
Children & Families
Good Reviews: If the customer is always right, then Head Start, the federal preschool program for low-income children, is delivering on its promise to prepare youngsters for school and to make parents active participants in their children's lives and in the community.
Teacher Preparation
Technology Boosters Seek Better Teacher Training
A group of business and education leaders is urging colleges to assess their teacher education programs within the next six months to determine how well they are preparing new teachers to use technology in the classroom.
School & District Management
Seattle's Superintendent Has Big Shoes To Fill
Joseph Olchefske, Seattle's unlikely superintendent of schools, works in the shadows of two local icons. First, there is the Space Needle, this city's 605-foot-tall landmark that is prominently framed by the window in his downtown office. But John H. Stanford, the popular schools chief who died in November 1998 after a seven-month battle with leukemia, casts the bigger shadow.
Mathematics
High-Tech Field Luring Teachers From Education
High school teacher Mike Truitt made a job change 18 months ago that doubled his salary and halved his workweek. His new employer: Bill Gates. Includes "Chicago Makes Deal With Feds To Hire Foreign Teachers."
School & District Management
New Thinking on What Makes a Leader
As policymakers turn their attention to finding effective leaders for the nation's schools, they face as many questions as answers: What is the nature of leadership? How should principals and superintendents be trained? And are the jobs—as they are now structured—too much for any one person?
As policymakers turn their attention to finding effective leaders for the nation's schools, they face as many questions as answers: What is the nature of leadership? How should principals and superintendents be trained? And are the jobs—as they are now structured—too much for any one person?
Education
Impending Retirements Shape ESEA Debate
The upcoming departures of some influential policymakers and the impending re-election campaigns of others could lend a new urgency to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act this year.
The upcoming departures of some influential policymakers and the impending re-election campaigns of others could lend a new urgency to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act this year.
Law & Courts
Age-Discrimination Ruling Is Seen as Victory for States
Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it amended the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to cover states and their political subdivisions, such as cities and school districts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week.
School & District Management
Lawmakers Seek To Abolish Disdained Kansas Board
The Kansas state board of education is making headlines again, but this time for its possible extinction rather than its policy on the teaching of evolution.
Reading & Literacy
Reading Association Presents Children's Literacy Rights
Effective reading instruction and a rich array of reading materials are not only requirements for success in life, they are also the right of every child, the nation's largest reading organization said last week. The group made the declaration in a strongly worded statement aimed at policymakers and school administrators.
Law & Courts
Schools' Bible Courses 'Taught Wrong,' Report Says
All 14 public school districts in Florida that offer courses on the Bible are violating the U.S. Constitution by teaching from a religious perspective, a report released last week by the People For the American Way Foundation contends.
Assessment
Federal Judge Rules That Texas Exit Exam Is Constitutional
A federal judge's ruling this month that the graduation exam in Texas is constitutional doesn't mean other states should assume their own exit exams could survive a legal challenge, some observers cautioned last week.
Education
Study Highlights Positive Changes In U.S. Schools Since 1980s
At a time when many Americans believe the nation's public schools are failing, a new report uses nearly two decades of government data to show the system has actually made gains since the early 1980s.
Accountability
Alternative Chiefs' Group To Publish 'Results Cards'
An alternative organization for state education officials will publish a report card for at least seven states in a pilot project to gauge how standards-based improvement plans are affecting student achievement. The Washington-based Education Leaders Council has teamed up with StandardsWork Inc. to produce its first "results cards" next fall.
College & Workforce Readiness
Study: College Rankings Affect Aid Packages
High school seniors and their families pay such close attention to the college rankings published annually in U.S. News & World Report magazine that many institutions beef up financial aid packages to attract potential students in the years when their rankings sink, according to a study.
States
Education Tops Governors' Lists of Priorities
If the State of the State speeches resounding through the halls of government this month were songs, every governor could be said to have tootled the education note, and many to have trumpeted an education theme.