November 7, 2007
Education Week, Vol. 27, Issue 11
Student Well-Being
School Athletics on the Front Line in MRSA Prevention
The dangers of bacterial infections—and the role of good hygiene in curbing them—are not news to athletic-department officials.
Student Well-Being
Infections Put Administrators to the Test
Superintendents and school principals nationwide are working to find the right balance in easing public concerns about a drug-resistant bacterium that has sickened students in dozens of states so far this year.
Equity & Diversity
South’s Schools Pass Milestone on Poverty
Students from low-income households could constitute more than half of K-12 enrollment in public schools nationally within 10 years, a report contends.
School Climate & Safety
Spellings Offers Guidance to Help Clarify Privacy Law
The brochures for schools and parents seek to explain when concerns about a student may be shared.
Federal
2007 NCLB Prospects Are Fading
Efforts to revise the law are mired in backroom negotiations in both the House and the Senate and show no signs of gaining the momentum necessary to ensure completion of the reauthorization in 2008.
School Climate & Safety
Students, Staff Suffer Wildfires’ Aftermath
School employees are trying to resume a normal schedule for students and find ways of incorporating the disaster into their curriculum.
International
Teachers Seen as Making Difference in World's Top Schools
The world’s top-performing school systems and those coming up fast have a lesson to teach the others: Put high-quality teaching for every child at the heart of school improvement.
Federal
Wis. District Steps Up Response to Growing Minority Enrollment
To stem concerns that minority students in Green Bay, Wis., lack teachers they can identify with, school officials have pledged to focus on recruiting and hiring nonwhite faculty members.
Federal
Florida Gets an Online Earful on Evolution
For the first time, a draft of the state's science standards refer explicitly to evolution and describe the theory as crucial to students' understanding of the natural world.