October 9, 1991

Education Week, Vol. 11, Issue 06
Education Federal File: Report Card's Ins And Outs; Winds Of Change
The National Education Goals Panel's first report card, issued last week, includes in a list of panel members three members of the Congress.
October 9, 1991
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Education Foundation Awards $2.9 Million for Writing Project
The DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund has granted the Institute for Literacy Studies $2.9 million to greatly expand its efforts to upgrade the teaching of writing.
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Education Senate Backs Compromise Version of Family-Leave Bill
WASHINGTON--Garnering what appeared to be enough votes to override an expected Presidential veto, the Senate last week passed a compromise version of a bill that would require employers to grant workers unpaid, job-protected leave to care for infants or ill family members.
Deborah L. Cohen, October 9, 1991
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Education Wash. Board Rejects Teacher-Preparation Program
Acting for the first time under a new, more rigorous set of standards, the Washington State Board of Education has disapproved the largest teacher-preparation program in the state.
Karen Diegmueller, October 9, 1991
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Education State News Roundup
Gov. William Donald Schaefer of Maryland last week proposed to slice $23.4 million out of the state education budget as part of deep cuts throughout the state government aimed at closing a $450 million budget gap.
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Education Okla. Voters To Decide on Paying Price for Reforms
Public support for education reform and the taxes needed to pay for it--will be put to the test next week in Oklahoma, where voters are sot to decide the fate of a five-year, $2-billion school-reform and tax bill passed last year by the legislature.
Millicent Lawton, October 9, 1991
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Education Vocational Education Column
Although critics of American workers' skills often raise comparisons to Germany and Japan, a recent report argues that educators looking abroad for school-to-work training strategies would do better to study recent efforts in Australia and Britain.
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Education In School District in the Heartland, National Reforms Escape Notice
When Ellen Brentine switched on her car radio last week after a frustrating day at West/Indianola Elementary School, the airwaves crackled with bad news.
Jonathan Weisman, October 9, 1991
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Education Capital Digest
Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander has reorganized several offices within the Education Department, creating two new positions and upgrading two existing ones.
October 9, 1991
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Education First Year Blunts Teachers' Idealism, Survey Finds
After spending a year in the classroom, new teachers expressed significantly less faith in their ability to teach all of their students and to make a difference in those students' lives than they had before beginning their jobs, according to a survey to be released this week.
Ann Bradley, October 9, 1991
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Education NCATE To Join Fla. Agencies To Review Programs
Florida's education department, its state university system, and the national agency that accredits teacher-preparation programs have signed an unprecedented agreement to conduct joint reviews of teachers' colleges, using a similar set of standards.
Karen Diegmueller, October 9, 1991
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Education Q&A: A.F.T. Official Looks Back on 30 Years of Teacher Unionism
Robert G. Porter, who has served as secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers since 1963, will retire in August. For nearly 30 years, Mr. Porter has overseen the day-to-day operations of the union as it has grown from an organization with fewer than 50,000 members in the 1950's to its present membership of 750,000.
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Education Democrats Question Use of E.D. Funds for Bush Address
WASHINGTON--Democratic lawmakers last week questioned the use of $26,750 in Education Department funds to have a Presidential address to schoolchildren staged and taped by a private company under White House direction.
Julie A. Miller, October 9, 1991
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Education State Journal: Governor's Rebuke; The Pedestal Or The Hole?
Members of the New York State Board of Regents have decided to back off from an effort to put the panel on record in opposition to slurs against racial groups.
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Education Capital Update
Legislative Action
October 9, 1991
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Education National News Roundup
High-school athletic participation last year reached its highest level since the 1980-81 school year, according to a survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
October 9, 1991
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Education Blacks Divided as Court Prepares To Consider Desegregation Case
DEKALB COUNTY, GA.--Daniel Buggs, a student-relations specialist for the DeKalb County school system, leads a group of 1st graders at Fairington Elementary School through a game of "Simon Says."
Peter Schmidt, October 9, 1991
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Education States Spent $185 Billion on Education in '90, Report Says
State education spending reached $185 billion in fiscal 1990 and accounted for slightly less than one-third of all state spending, according to a summary of state finances released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Lonnie Harp, October 9, 1991
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Education Private Schools Column
Enrollment in independent schools grew slightly last year, even in the face of the economic recession, according to a report from the National Association of Independent Schools.
October 9, 1991
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Education Fewer Candidates Running for Chicago School Seats
As Chicagoans cast their ballots Oct. 9 to elect new members of the councils that govern each of the city's 540 schools, they will choose from fewer than half the number of candidates who ran for the councils when they were first established in 1989.
Ann Bradley, October 9, 1991
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Education In The Press Column
California's pace-setting effort to reshape and revitalize the teaching of social studies is the focus of a cover story in the Sept. 29, 1991, New York Times Magazine.
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Education Media Column
The National Geographic Society's television specials return to the Public Broadcasting Service next month with "Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise," which examines the ecosystem of the 50th state.
October 9, 1991
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Ed-Tech Policy Technology Column
The International Business Machines Corporation this month contributes to the events marking next fall's 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage to the Americas by unveiling an ambitious multimedia product chronicling the expedition's impact on European and indigenous cultures.
October 9, 1991
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Education People News
David Rutenberg, the 8-year-old Merion, Pa., boy who was severely burned in the plane crash that claimed two of his classmates and U.S. Senator John Heinz last April, has returned to class at Merion Elementary School.
October 9, 1991
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Education On Heels of National Report on Goals, Governors Outline Progress of States
As members of the National Education Goals Panel were placing their "wake-up call"to the nation on the state of educational performance last week, a number of governors and state education officials were presenting reports outlining how they plan to meet the ambitious targets for improvement.
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Education State News Roundup
The National Education Association-Alaska has filed suit against the administration of Gov. Walter E. Hickel, charging that some state retirees are being treated unfairly by the Teachers Retirement System and the Public Employees Retirement System.
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Education Bipartisan Bill Encourages Development Of Training Programs for High-Skills Jobs
A bipartisan group of lawmakers last week introduced legislation intended to stimulate the creation of programs to train youths for high-skill jobs, establish occupational-proficiency standards, and require employers to invest in ongoing worker training.
Julie A. Miller, October 9, 1991
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Education 'Latchkey' Children Seek Refuge in Libraries, Book Finds
To better tend the flocks of unsupervised children that have been turning libraries into de facto child-care centers in recent years, librarians should be educated about the characteristics and needs of these children and work with community groups to extend appropriate services, a new book advises.
Deborah L. Cohen, October 9, 1991
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Education Minn. Law Allows Church Schools To Get Public Funds
Minnesota educators are pondering the potential impact of a little-discussed measure passed by the legislature that, for the first time, makes church-sponsored schools eligible to receive public funds for educating high-school dropouts and those at risk of dropping out.
Mark Walsh, October 9, 1991
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