October 20, 1982
The special allocation of funds for the education of disadvantaged children was ordered by the Congress when it passed a supplemental appropriations bill in September. The Congress approved the allocation in order to help solve a dispute that began when Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell decided to base this year's Chapter I allocations on the basis of 1970 Census Bureau poverty statistics rather than those for 1980.
That situation "is gradually wearing down internal governance structures," says the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which developed the report. As internal leadership is diminished, the foundation warns, power and initiative in directing the academic enterprise "flow even more rapidly to bureaucracies outside" educational institutions.
Earlier this year, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell faced a no-win situation. Chapter I allocations to the states were due out on July 1, but his department lacked 1980 Census Bureau poverty data to base those allocations on. He decided instead to use the only data available, which were 12 years old, and soon found himself the defendant in a lawsuit.
In a decision handed down on Oct. 5, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that the law violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by giving preference to some religions and thus established a state religion.
Mr. Justiz, who directs the Latin American programs in education at the university's college of education, was an associate director of the Teacher Corps program from 1972 to 1973. He has written extensively on vocational education for language-minority students.
The program will also enlist the aid of private industry. For 52 of the projects, five electronics companies will donate computer equipment for the researchers' use. The companies are: Radio Shack, the Atari Institute for Educational Action-Research, the Digital Equipment Corporation, ibm Corporation, and the Apple Education Foundation.
The special allocation of funds for the education of disadvantaged children was ordered by the Congress when it passed a supplemental appropriations bill in September. The Congress approved the allocation in order to help solve a dispute that began when Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell decided to base this year's Chapter I allocations on the basis of 1970 Census Bureau poverty statistics rather than those for 1980.
Develop a model mathematics and science curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12;
State health officials concluded, in their investigation into probable causes of a high rate of birth defects and miscarriages among teachers and staff members, that at least some of the health complaints at the school were related to an insufficient flow of fresh air, according to Robert G. Dickie, the principal.
A spokesman for the district said the 61-year-old Mr. Wheeler, whose three-year contract expires this year, has already resigned as superintendent and will hold a senior consultant's post in which he works on community relations and financial matters.
The program will also enlist the aid of private industry. For 52 of the projects, five electronics companies will donate computer equipment for the researchers' use. The companies are: Radio Shack, the Atari Institute for Educational Action-Research, the Digital Equipment Corporation, ibm Corporation, and the Apple Education Foundation.
Develop a model mathematics and science curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12;
A spokesman for the district said the 61-year-old Mr. Wheeler, whose three-year contract expires this year, has already resigned as superintendent and will hold a senior consultant's post in which he works on community relations and financial matters.
On the mathematics section, the average 1982 score for blacks rose to 366, four points higher than in 1981, the College Board said. The average score for whites remained unchanged at 483. The average score for all of the nearly one million students who took the test rose one point, to 467.