January 11, 1984
Education Week, Vol. 03, Issue 16
Education
Reagan To Ask More E.D. Funds
The director of the Office of Management and Budget, David A. Stockman, last week told Republican Congressional leaders that the Administration plans to seek $6.746 billion for elementary- and secondary-education programs, according to sources familiar with the Congressional briefing.
Education
'Misguided' Federal Policies on Children Said Harmful, Costly
A children's advocacy group charged last week that "misguided" federal policies are hurting poor children and increasing long-term public costs.
Education
E.D. Issues Study Ranking States On Education
In an effort to promote school improvement in the nation through "healthy competition," Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell last week released a report ranking the 50 states and the District of Columbia on the basis of the resources they allocate to education and the performance of their students.
Education
Federal Education Funds for States Stable, Study Finds
Major shifts in the distribution of federal funds to state and local governments have occurred during the last two years, but federal aid for education has remained relatively stable during that time, according to an analysis by the Federal Funds Information for States System, a research arm of the National Governors' Association.
Education
Trial Begins in Little Rock Desegregation Case
A federal district judge in Little Rock, Ark., heard opening arguments last week in a case that could result in the consolidation of the mostly black city school district with two predominantly white suburban school systems.
Education
Tennessee Governor Calls Special Legislative Session on Education
Gov. Lamar Alexander has called the Tennessee Assembly into an "extraordinary" session limited to consideration of education reforms--including a revised but still controversial master-teacher proposal--and the taxes to pay for them.
Education
N.Y. Orders Yonkers To Suspend Sports After State Probe
In what experts call the first action of its kind nationally, the New York State Education Department has ordered the Yonkers Public School System to suspend all interscholastic athletic programs until it demonstrates that its management of the programs has improved.
Education
People News
Amy Hovenden, a 14-year-old home-educated student from Orem, Utah, will be the youngest pupil ever to attend Brigham Young University when she starts classes this month.
Amy Hovenden, a 14-year-old home-educated student from Orem, Utah, will be the youngest pupil ever to attend Brigham Young University when she starts classes this month.
Ms. Hovenden, who studied at home with six of her nine siblings, finished in the top 4 percent of students taking the American College Testing program examination.
Education
Foundation Grants Bring the Challenge of Chinese Into High Schools
The students read aloud from their Chinese-language textbook to practice speaking with the right sound and tone.
Education
Colleges Column
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a $200,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a series of workshops and internships for teachers of writing and foreign languages from the state's public secondary schools.
The university will conduct summer workshops during the next three years for the teachers and will create academic-year internships to bring North Carolina's best teachers in those fields to the campus. The interns will teach basic freshman courses while pursuing advanced studies and taking part in seminars on teaching methodology with faculty members.
Ed-Tech Policy
Computers Column
Retail businesses enjoyed an increase in Christmas sales of between 15 and 20 percent this year, and computer manufacturers did even better, according to industry experts.
Clive Smith, the research director for the Yankee Group in Boston, said stores sold more than 5 million computers to the home market in 1983, compared with 2.3 million in 1982. More than half of those sales came in the last four months of the year, he said.
Education
Federal File
The Reagan Administration last week moved a step closer to taking action on the school-discipline issue when Gary L. Bauer, deputy undersecretary of education, presented a 35-page report on the subject to President Reagan and his Cabinet Council on Human Resources. (See Education Week, Dec. 21, 1983.)
The report is the work of an inter-agency "working group" on school discipline, established by Presidential Counselor Edwin Meese 3d several months ago and chaired by Mr. Bauer. It documents what its authors suggest is the seriousness of the discipline problem in the schools and outlines possible ways for the Administration to deal with it.
Education
High Heating Bills To Force Layoffs in City Districts
More than 60 percent of the nation's urban school districts plan to lay off teachers and other personnel in order to help pay their heating bills this winter, a recent survey has found.
Education
Education Highlighted in Governor's Messages to State Legislatures
Gov. Mario M. Cuomo asked New
York legislators last week to approve
funding for a wide array of
new programs in education and other
areas and asserted that no tax increases
would be necessary this year
to support the programs.
Education
Mass. Panelists Urge School Reforms, but Differ on Some Issues
After a six-month review of the state's public schools, the Massachusetts Committee on Education issued a report last month calling for far-reaching improvements in the education system. But the proposal's full implementation may already be threatened by the committee's failure to reach a consensus on several key items.
Education
Judge Rules Maine May Not Shut Unapproved Christian Schools
A federal judge has ruled that the Maine State Department of Educational and Cultural Services overstepped its legal authority by threatening to close Christian schools that refused to comply with state requirements for private schools.
Education
Education's Troubled Crusade: No Easy Victories, No Lasting Defeats
When Diane Ravitch set out nearly 10 years ago to write a historical narrative of the changes in American education since the end of World War II, she was at first unable to identify a theme that would characterize the era.
Education
The Diner from Diner in a News Role
The 1950's-style diner that served as the home-away-from-home for four young men in the 1981 film "Diner" will soon serve as the work site for vocational-education students in the city of Baltimore.
English Learners
School's Pioneer Bilingualism Gives Way to Changing Times
The Cuban revolution, 25 years ago this month, resulted in the first large-scale wave of Latin American immigration to the United States in the modern era and spurred the development of new theories and pedagogical practices addressing the needs of non-English-speaking children. The following article looks at how one Miami school became a model for bilingual learning in the early 1960's. Later this month, in a series of articles, Education Week will examine other aspects of the bilingual-education movement.
Education
QUIZMASTER
What is Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell's middle name? (The answer will be included with next week's quiz.)
What is Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell's middle name? (The answer will be included with next week's quiz.)
Education
Scholars Call for More Effective Teaching of Foreign Languages
A number of books and reports in recent years have criticized schools and colleges for neglecting foreign-language teaching and have stressed that the inability of Americans to communicate in any language but their own constitutes a serious threat to the nation's economic and military security.
Education
Opinion
For Both Students and Teachers, Year-Round Schooling Makes Educational and Economic Sense
The idea of year-round schooling makes more sense than ever, and with the recent impetus for introspection and correction in the schools, more educators and members of the public may be willing to agree to the change.
Education
Opinion
Bring Literature and History Back to Elementary Schools
During the national debate about education that began last spring with the publication of "A Nation at Risk," the elementary schools have been almost entirely ignored. This is a pity, because it is in the elementary schools that children gain (or don't gain) a firm foundation for future learning.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Norman A. Bleshman Bergenfield, N.J.
It was heartwarming to read that Madeleine C. Will, the parent of a handicapped child, was named as head of the U.S. Education Department's office of special education ("New Special-Education Official Seeking To 'Identify the Gaps,"' Education Week, Nov. 9, 1983). Some of Ms. Will's comments in your interview demonstrate a real understanding of the needs of the handicapped child--something that many of her predecessors who were academians did not possess.