March 9, 1983
Education Week, Vol. 02, Issue 24
Education
State, Local Officials Seek 'Flexibility' in Vocational Education
The Senate education subcommittee, which is considering legislation to reauthorize the federal vocational-education program, last week heard from state and local officials who asked for changes in the program's legislation.
Education
States Education Issues
Nevada is currently facing an estimated $70-million deficit in its $1-billion budget. Gov. Richard Bryan, who has proposed a $208.7-million budget for education in fiscal 1984, has said the state will not be able to provide pay raises for state workers, college faculty members, or teachers in fiscal 1984.
A number of measures have been introduced to resolve the deficit issue, according to a spokesman for the Governor.
Education
Suburbs Cleared in Chicago Suit
The Justice Department has announced that its lawyers have found no evidence that suburban school districts have contributed to the segregation of students in Chicago's public schools and that, therefore, those districts should not be forced to join in a cross-district desegregation plan with the city.
Education
Opinion
Cautious 'Pragmatism' in Chicago Plan
On January 6, U.S. District Court Judge Milton I. Shadur approved a Chicago school-desegregation plan, developed by the city's board of education and endorsed by the U.S. Department of Justice, that relies almost exclusively upon voluntary measures--such as the transfer of students into magnet schools.
Education
Opinion
'Encouraging' Precedent in Nashville
Thomas A. Wiseman Jr., the U.S. district judge overseeing the desegregation of the Nashville-area schools, set an encouraging precedent in 1981. In deciding how to refocus the city's efforts to desegregate its schools, he took into account the results of the city's 10-year-old mandatory busing program.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters To The Editor
Computers are clearly here to stay in the schools, offices, and homes of America. Chips and floppy discs have entered our vocabulary; computer literacy is a new curriculum goal. Across the country, colleges and universities are training teachers in computer education and offering consulting services to schools. Many require that students own personal computers.
But an examination of computer use reveals no plan, no emerging pattern. Some school systems introduce them in pre-school classes, others at the junior high-school level. Some use computers for drill, some for problem solving, some for writing, some for graphics. There is no consensus on language; Logo, Pascal, Basic, and Fortran are all on the national "menu." The range of educational software is staggering and, by and large, mediocre.