August 1, 1990
Education Week, Vol. 09, Issue 40
Education
Independent-Public School Links Breaking Down Wall of 'Elitism'
Son Lam's life changed after he met the visitor to his public junior high school here four years ago.
Education
RAND Researchers Outline Plan for 'Teaching Internship'
A new report by the rand Corporation outlines a detailed plan to require aspiring teachers to undergo a paid, yearlong internship before they are licensed to practice.
Education
Panel on Indian Education To Suggest 'Bill of Rights'
Because 48 percent of the 30,000 students subject to Learnfare sanc4tions live in Milwaukee County, the program's fate there could affect debate next year on Gov. Tommy G. Thompson's proposal to apply the program to all school-age children in families receiving welfare. It now applies only to 13- to 19-year-olds.
Families & the Community
PARENTS as Partners
The David A. Ellis School in Boston is testing a hypothesis advanced by some experts on student achievement: A "parent friendly" school setting is as important to learning as the classroom environment itself.
Education
Highlights From the N.E.A. and A.F.T. Conventions
Following are highlights of the conventions last month of the two major national teachers' unions:
Ed-Tech Policy
Caperton Launches $22-Million Computer Effort for Grades K-1
West Virginia has launched the first phase of a sweeping, computer-based literacy program that is expected to encompass every elementary school in the state over the next decade.
Education
House Sustains Bush's Veto of Bill on Family Leave
The House last week sustained President Bush's veto of a bill that would have required businesses with more than 50 employees to grant workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to care for newborn or newly adopted children, ill family members, or their own illness.
Education
Plans for Choice, Regulatory Relief Passed by House
The House has approved a wide-ranging education bill that includes what would be the first direct federal grant program for open-enrollment experiments and a plan to free some school districts from many restrictions on the use of federal aid in exchange for "performance agreements."
Education
Q&A: A Scholar of the Teaching Profession Takes the Helm of Accrediting Body
Arthur E. Wise, a prominent education researcher, was selected in May to head the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Education
Hispanics' Achievement Is Declining As Population Grows, La Raza Warns
Educational attainment among Hispanics is declining at the same time that their share of the school-aged population is growing, a prominent Hispanic advocacy group warns in a new report.
Education
Study of 8th Graders Finds % at High Risk of Failure
One-fifth of all 8th graders--and two-fifths of blacks and Hispanics at that grade level--are at high risk of school failure, a massive survey by the Education Department has concluded.
Education
Opinion
The Value of National-Service Programs
In his recent Commentary ("National Service: 'Idea Whose Time Will
Never Come,"' May 30, 1990), Doug Bandow wrote that national service
"is simply an idea whose time will never come." Ironically, it is
likely that some version of the idea will soon be approved by both
houses of the Congress.
Law & Courts
New Hampshire Judge Tapped To Fill Brennan's Court Seat
President Bush's nomination of David H. Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court left the education community warily uncertain.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Kathy Malnar's letter ("Critique of Bilingual Education Is 'Biased and Politically Influenced,"' June 6, 1990), in which she writes that I have "apparently not had any real opportunity to experience bilingual education in practice, nor has she reviewed the related literature," is such a flagrant misrepresentation that it deserves a smart and snappy reply.