August 1, 1990
Education Week, Vol. 09, Issue 40
Education
G.A.O. Finds Benefits in Private Tuition-Guarantee Programs
Low-income students enrolled in privately funded programs that guarantee their college tuition appear to be motivated to stay in school, according to a federal study.
Education
E.D. Declines To Rescue Student-Loan Guarantor
The Education Department will not intervene to rescue one of the nation's largest student-loan guarantors from the brink of financial collapse.
Education
5-Year Teacher-Education Program Proposed in Maryland
The head of state higher education in Maryland has proposed a major overhaul of teacher education there that includes shifting to a five-year program and deploying college faculty members in the public schools.
Education
Books: New in Print
Curriculum and Methods
Assessing Higher Order Thinking in Mathematics, edited by Gerald Kulm (American Association for the Advancement of Science, P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, Md. 20604; 209 pp., $24.95 paper). Thirteen essays suggesting new directions for mathematics testing.
Assessing Higher Order Thinking in Mathematics, edited by Gerald Kulm (American Association for the Advancement of Science, P.O. Box 753, Waldorf, Md. 20604; 209 pp., $24.95 paper). Thirteen essays suggesting new directions for mathematics testing.
Education
Shanker Remarks Renew Possibility Of Merger of Two Teachers' Unions
Remarks made by the president of the American Federation of Teachers have raised anew the possibility of an eventual merger of the union and its larger rival, the National Education Association.
Education
Milestones
Amos E. Neyhart, who is credited with introducing driver-education classes into the high-school curriculum, died July 5 at a nursing home in State College, Pa. He was 91.
Education
Group Outlines Agenda for Boosting Education Data Base
Citing the growing national clamor for reliable information on schooling, a group of federal and state officials last week outlined an agenda for upgrading the nation's education data base.
Education
National News Roundup
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has enlisted two prominent filmmakers--Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee--to launch a new media campaign aimed at reducing drug use and aids among teenagers.
Education
Win in Legislature, Setback in Court for Fernandez
New York City Schools Chancellor Joseph A. Fernandez has won his fight to abolish the city's board of examiners for teachers, but has lost a court battle to gain more authority over the hiring of superintendents.
Education
People News
An educational researcher and the founder of a children's dance organization are 2 of 36 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius" awards. The cash awards, distributed over five years, are given annually to individuals for their work in the arts, sciences, or community affairs.
Education
A Union-Building Lesson for Polish Teachers
Rozalin, Poland--At what was once a training center for promising young members of the Communist Party elite, a small band of activists from the group known as Teachers' Solidarity has come together with colleagues from the United States to learn how to build a democratic trade union.
Education
Private Schools Column
Nearly one-quarter of the Roman Catholic elementary schools in the United States have established endowments or development funds to help ensure more stable financing, according to a survey by the National Catholic Educational Association.
Education
Military, Educators Join Forces To Recruit Newly Demobilized Officers Into Teaching
A joint teacher-recruitment venture by the military and the Florida Department of Education could be the first of a new series of such projects spurred by impending reductions in U.S. troop levels.
Education
The Sweet Smell of Success
The sense of smell has long been reputed to have the power to evoke memories. But until a new study by a Yale University research psychologist on the stimulative effects of odor on memory, there was little conclusive scientific evidence to give such claims more than a romantic sort of credence.
Education
Church Group's Access to Public School Upheld
A public school that allows secular community groups to rent its facilities must also open its doors to religious organizations, a federal appeals court has ruled.
Education
State Education Boards' Power Faces Renewed Challenges
Gov. James J. Blanchard's call this summer for the abolishment of the Michigan Board of Education has highlighted a recent spate of efforts to curb the independent power of state education boards.
Education
Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
Education
N.A.E.Y.C. Criticizes School-'Readiness' Criteria
Criteria used to gauge children's "readiness" for school often put unreasonable demands on children and fail to address the inequities in experience that place some at greater risk of failure, according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Education
Education Department Issues Anti-Drug Curriculum
The Education Department has mailed its own model drug-education curriculum, stressing "refusal skills" and an interdisciplinary approach, to 120,000 public- and private-school educators.
Education
District News Roundup
A federal judge has upheld the Prince George's County, Md., school district's policy of transferring teachers to maintain racial balance.
Education
Conferees Reiterate Need for Fundamental Reforms
In what has become a common refrain, governors and educators attending the annual meeting of the Education Commission of the States here stressed the need for a radical reorganization of the nation's schools to prepare students for the 21st century.
Education
Federal File: Poverty effort nixed; Incongruity
An interagency group created by the Bush Administration last year to suggest new ways to combat poverty apparently came up with some ambitious proposals, including support of school-based family-planning clinics and a new block grant aimed at aiding poor children.
Education
Senate Bill Aimed at Reducing Child Abuse on Indian Lands
The Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs last week approved a wide-ranging measure that would authorize $92 million over the next four years to combat child abuse and family violence on Indian lands.
Education
Arizona Legislature Kills Choice, Balances Budget
Arizona lawmakers have concluded a difficult and contentious 1990 session without giving final approval to Senate-passed open-enrollment legislation.
Education
NGA Lists Strategies for Achieving National Goals
Achieving national education goals by the year 2000 will require a fundamental restructuring of America's schools, from preschool through adult education, according to a report scheduled to be released this week at the annual meeting of the National Governors' Association.
Education
New York's 'Multicultural' Plans Draw Fire From Two Sides
A bitter battle is shaping up this summer over the already troubled efforts to revise New York State's public-school curriculum to focus more attention on minorities and their cultures.
Education
Elementary Principals Issue Standards For Early-Childhood Program Quality
Citing a "growing concern for making schools more responsive to the unique needs of young children," the National Association of Elementary School Principals is urging an agenda for preschool and the early grades that includes more active learning, an end to letter grades, and limited use of formal tests and retention.
Education
N.J. Lawmakers Adopt Florio's School-Finance Plan
With unusual speed and over the bitter opposition of some state educators, the New Jersey legislature has approved a school-finance plan proposed by Gov. James J. Florio.
Education
Oklahoma Voters To Decide School Reform's Fate
Oklahoma voters, who in June rejected a ballot proposal to further equalize school funding in the state, may get a chance this fall to decide the fate of a major school-reform and tax bill passed by the legislature in April.