February 2, 2000

Education Week, Vol. 19, Issue 21
Student Well-Being Research: After the Bell Rings
After-school programs are booming, but research on them is just beginning.
Catherine Gewertz, February 2, 2000
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13 min read
Student Well-Being Health Update
  • Drug Use More Prevalent Among Rural Teenagers, Study Warns
  • Mass Hysteria?
  • Anorexia
February 2, 2000
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4 min read
Richard L. Ferguson
Assessment ACT To Take Plunge Into National Network of Assessment Centers
After being sidetracked four years ago, ACT Inc. is about to create a national network of computerized-testing centers where it will offer products to help job-seekers learn and demonstrate the skills they need to bolster their careers.
David J. Hoff, February 2, 2000
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3 min read
Donald Singer
School & District Management Principals Approve New Contract In N.Y.C.
New York City principals and assistant principals have agreed to trade in some of their long-standing job security for substantial pay raises, setting the stage for a new era of school management and accountability in the nation's largest school district.
Alan Richard, February 2, 2000
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3 min read
School Choice & Charters Private Schools
Educating Elian: As some of the nation's highest-ranking officials debate the legal status of Elian Gonzalez, the 6-year-old Cuban boy who was rescued from the waters off Florida in November has been quietly learning what it means to be a good American at the private school he now attends.
February 2, 2000
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1 min read
Education News in Brief: A National Roundup
  • L.A.'s Belmont Project Halted by School Board
  • Computer Woes in Austin
  • More Consider Teaching
  • Less Gym Time in Chicago
  • Money Manager Pleads Guilty
  • Bilingual Challenge Defeated
  • Columbine Changes Approved
  • Jostens Learning Changes Name
February 2, 2000
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5 min read
Education Clarification and Corrections
Details of California's teacher-licensing system as presented in the special Jan. 13, 2000, Quality Counts issue of Education Week require clarification.
February 2, 2000
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1 min read
Education Events
A symbol (*) marks events that have not appeared in a previous issue of Education Week.
February 2, 2000
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19 min read
School & District Management Severe Snowstorm Shuts Down East Coast Schools
A surprise snowstorm wreaked havoc last week throughout the Eastern part of the country, shutting down schools from South Carolina to Maine.
Michelle Galley, February 2, 2000
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2 min read
Gerry House
School & District Management House Resigns as Memphis Superintendent
Gerry House is leaving her job as the change-minded superintendent in Memphis, Tenn., to lead a New York-based partnership that helps schools strive for better-prepared graduates and fewer dropouts.
Alan Richard, February 2, 2000
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4 min read
School Climate & Safety Take Note
Taking a powder

Some Indiana educators are arguing that there are times when it is appropriate for guns to be in schools.

February 2, 2000
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1 min read
Equity & Diversity College Board Sets Sights On Closing 'Digital Divide'
The century-old College Board is putting its prestige behind the budding movement to bridge the "digital divide" separating poor and better-off students, board officials announced last week.
Andrew Trotter, February 2, 2000
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2 min read
Federal Federal File

Campaign sniping

Department of Education employees were pulled into the election fray recently, when GOP presidential hopeful Gary L. Bauer served up some tough comments for his former colleagues.
February 2, 2000
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1 min read
Teacher Preparation Teacher Colleges, States Granted Report Card Extensions
The Department of Education gave colleges and states a yearlong extension last week on completing federally mandated report cards detailing how their teacher-preparation programs fare.
Julie Blair, February 2, 2000
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3 min read
Education Funding Clinton: New Ideas, Expanded Programs
Here are excerpts from President Clinton's State of the Union Address:
February 2, 2000
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3 min read
Law & Courts Bush Agrees to Hearings On Florida Admissions Proposal
Following a highly publicized daylong sit-in by black state lawmakers, Gov. Jeb Bush has begun a series of hearings on his controversial plan to end race-based admissions in Florida's colleges and universities.
Jessica L. Sandham, February 2, 2000
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2 min read
Education Philanthropy
Joining Forces: Two foundations that helped underwrite programs in education and the arts have consolidated to form the Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds, a philanthropy that is expected to extend some $100 million in gifts this year.
February 2, 2000
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1 min read
Education Funding Matching Grants Have Bolstered Annenberg's 1993 Gift
When former Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg announced an unprecedented gift of $500 million to public education in December 1993, he intended the money as a challenge to both the public and private sectors to step up financial support of schools. In that, the Annenberg Challenge has succeeded—generating an additional $566 million for 18 school reform projects around the country, a report from its administrators concludes.
Catherine Gewertz, February 2, 2000
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3 min read
School & District Management Sacramento Mayor's Legacy: Improved Schools
Two months before his death, Mayor Joe Serna stood behind a thin wooden lectern at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School here, and told the crowd gathered that the transformation of Sacramento's schools was something rare and precious.
Alan Richard, February 2, 2000
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10 min read
States Red Ink in Newark Mars State Takeover
More than four years into state control of its operations, the troubled Newark school system has developed a $58 million hole in its budget that New Jersey officials are being forced to fill in order to stave off program or salary cuts in the state's largest district.
Bess Keller, February 2, 2000
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5 min read
Richard C. Mills
Assessment N.Y. Chief Deals Blow To Alternative-Assessment Plans
In a setback for opponents of one-shot, "high stakes" tests, New York state Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills last week rejected a bid by about 40 nontraditional schools to substitute individually tailored projects for the English examination the state recently began to require for graduation.
Bess Keller, February 2, 2000
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3 min read
Education Funding Clinton Budget Initiatives
In addition to a proposed $1 billion teacher-quality program, President Clinton last week previewed several other major proposed increases in his fiscal 2001 budget, which will be released Feb. 7:
February 2, 2000
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1 min read
F. Donald Saul
Education People in the News
The American Association of School Administrators last week announced the top contenders for its annual Superintendent of the Year award.

F. Donald Saul

The four finalists are:
February 2, 2000
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1 min read
Special Education States Lax in Enforcing IDEA, Study Asserts
States are failing to enforce the nation's primary special education law, leaving students with disabilities and their parents spending personal time and money to fight for an adequate education, a federal report charges.
Joetta L. Sack, February 2, 2000
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4 min read
Education Mass. To Test Teachers in Schools With Low Math Scores
Gov. Paul Cellucci of Massachusetts has directed the state board of education to administer tests of teachers' mathematical knowledge in middle and high schools where children fare poorly on state math tests.
February 2, 2000
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15 min read
States State Journal

Ventura Scholars

World Wrestling Federation officials may have been trying to capitalize on Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's brawny image when they invited him to referee a highly publicized event last summer. But the professional wrestler turned politician apparently had more scholarly intentions when he accepted a $100,000 fee for his officiating gig.
February 2, 2000
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1 min read
States Kentucky Auditor Probes Spending By State Ed. Dept.
Kentucky's state auditor is undertaking an investigation into how the department of education spends state and federal money in the wake of the recent indictment of a former top agency official on charges of embezzling more than half a million dollars.
David J. Hoff, February 2, 2000
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3 min read
Education Report Roundup
  • Boys' Aggressive Behavior Rewarded With Popularity
  • Decline in Spending
  • Black Americans' Views
  • Title I and English Learners
  • Lessons in Improvement
  • Child-Abuse Reports
  • Costs of Underage Drinking
  • Long Odds for Newborns
  • Remedies for Violence
  • Teen Pregnancy
  • Juvenile Justice
February 2, 2000
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9 min read
School Climate & Safety News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
  • N.M. Sets Standards for New Teacher Exam
  • Test Errors Irk Vermont Education Dept.
  • Kentucky Targets Teacher Quality
  • Lose Control and You Lose Your License
February 2, 2000
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3 min read
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