June 5, 1985

Education State News Roundup

The Association of California School Administrators will provide legal assistance to four administrators who have been charged by a committee of the state's commission on teacher credentialing with failing to report child abuse.

The acsa's board of directors authorized the assistance at a meeting last month, agreeing to pay up to 60 percent of the administrators' legal costs.

Federal Groups Publish Hatch Amendment Guidelines

Following are excerpts from guidelines for school districts on the Hatch Amendment regulations, prepared by the Hatch Amendment Coalition.

Education Letter to the Editor Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

I have read with a sense of frustration reports of "new" initiatives to improve schooling. One such report was your article on the nea's "Mastery in Learning Project," ("nea Launches Mastery in Learning Project in Effort to Improve Schooling," Educat

Teaching Profession Opinion In Defense of New Jersey's Alternative Certification Plan

It is true that our plan permits districts to hire people who are not graduates of teacher-training programs and who did not perform student teaching in college, but it also requires districts to provide these people with rigorous professional training both before and during their first year of teaching.