August 5, 1992

Education Week, Vol. 11, Issue 40
Education Thousands of School Buses Recalled for Fuel-System Defects
Navistar International Transportation Corporation, a major manufacturer of school-bus chassis, has announced it will recall between 24,000 and 185,000 school buses for fuel-system defects that could cause a fire in a collision.
Peter Schmidt, August 5, 1992
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Education Regional Credential Found To Remove Job Barriers for Relocating Teachers
A regional teaching credential initiated by seven Northeastern states in 1989 has removed some of the professional barriers educators face when they relocate to neighboring states, a new study of the project contends.
Meg Sommerfeld, August 5, 1992
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Education Goals Panel Moving To Create Council To Oversee Standards and Assessments
WASHINGTON--Without waiting for final Congressional approval, the National Education Goals Panel is moving ahead with creation of a council to oversee the development of national standards and a system of assessments tied to the standards.
Robert Rothman, August 5, 1992
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Education Md. Becomes First State To Mandate Student Service
After months of debate and compromise and amid some lingering doubts, Maryland last week became the first state to require community service by students as a condition of high-school graduation.
Millicent Lawton, August 5, 1992
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Education Printer, Publisher Reach an Accord To Ease Access to Braille Textbooks
Braille textbooks will be more readily available to blind and visually impaired students under an agreement reached this summer between the American Printing House for the Blind and D.C. Heath & Company.
Debra Viadero, August 5, 1992
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Education Florida Legislature Unwilling To Revamp Tax System
Despite an intensive campaign by state officials to garner public support for expanding the state's tax base, the Florida legislature has passed a bud· get for fiscal 1993 without substantially altering the tax system.
Karen Diegmueller, August 5, 1992
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Education People News
Sandra Lawrence, the principal of Robert Lucas Elementary School in Iowa City, Iowa, has been chosen president-elect of the National Association of Elementary School Principals.
August 5, 1992
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Education Court Sets New Test for Judging Desegregation Efforts
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that Mississippi bas not proved it bas rid its higher-education system of the effects of state-mandated racial segregation could have long-lasting ramifications, legal analysts believe.
Mark Walsh, August 5, 1992
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Education Riding the Cool Bus
Ask children, "What is yellow and white and cool in the summer?" and most will tell you, "A creamsicle."
Peter Schmidt, August 5, 1992
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Education Mass. Lawmakers Override Vetoes To Boost School Aid
Brushing aside Gov. William F. Weld' argument that new education money should await passage of a reform bill, Massachusetts lawmakers last week easily overrode vetoes of a total of 185 million in additional state aid to schools.
Karen Diegmueller, August 5, 1992
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Education Colleges Column
The nation's colleges and universities continue to suffer financially.
August 5, 1992
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Education Losers in Design Competition Grouse, But Many Pledge To Continue Projects
Many design teams that failed to win funding from the New American Schools Development Corporation last month have pledged to continue their work.
Lynn Olson, August 5, 1992
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Education APPOINTMENTS
Appointments in schools, districts, states, associations & other areas
August 5, 1992
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Education Corporations Pledge Funds to Family Care
A dozen major corporations have pledged to raise up to $30 million to expand both the availability and quality of child-care and elder-care services in areas where they have large concentrations of employees.
Meg Sommerfeld, August 5, 1992
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Education Justice Scalia's Dissent
JUSTICE SCALIA, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE, JUSTICE WHITE, and JUSTICE THOMAS join, dissenting: ...
August 5, 1992
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Education Guide for Monitoring Limited-English Students Issued
Asserting that many states and districts are failing to provide limited-English-proficient students with needed services, the Council of Chief State School Officers has issued guidelines for assessing and monitoring language-minority children.
Peter Schmidt, August 5, 1992
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Education In S.F., Partnership Helps Teachers Take Hands-On Approach to Science
Sylvia Yee remembers being perplexed, but intrigued, when she received a phone call from Ramon C. Cortines, the superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, one day nearly three years ago. Mr. Cortines invited her to join him on a visit to a local elementary school.
Peter West, August 5, 1992
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Education Researchers See Little New Knowledge From 'New Schools'
From its outset, the New American Schools Development Corporation asserted that its purpose was to create "highly effective schools, not the development of new knowledge."
Robert Rothman & Lynn Olson, August 5, 1992
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Education District News Roundup
A legal-aid organization has filed a class action against the Chicago Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Education, charging that thousands of Chicago-area homeless children are being denied their right to a free public education
August 5, 1992
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Education Teaching-Standards Board Unveils Test Plans, Sites
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has formed a network of school districts and universities in 19 states that will field test both its assessments and the operation of its certification system.
Ann Bradley, August 5, 1992
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Education U.S. Awards Grants To Help Set Standards in Civics, Geography
Federal officials have awarded more than $855,000 in grants for efforts to set national standards for student achievement in geography and civics.
Debra Viadero, August 5, 1992
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Education Gifts to Educational Institutions Said To Total $12 Billion in 1990-91
Educational institutions received about $12 billion in donations during the 1990-91 school year, the Council for Aid to Education reported this month.
Meg Sommerfeld, August 5, 1992
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Education Philanthropy Column
The Sega Corporation, a Japanese-owned video-game manufacturer, has established a foundation aimed at young people.
Meg Sommerfeld, August 5, 1992
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Education 11 Design Teams To Pursue Their Visions of 'Break the Mold' Schools
One of the most closely watched grant competitions in American education came to a close last month when the New American Schools Development Corporation selected 11 design teams out of 686 competitors to pursue their visions of radically different and more productive schools.
Lynn Olson, August 5, 1992
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Education State News Roundup
A New York task force studying improvements in school-to-work efforts has recommended revamping the state's current high-school graduation requirements in favor of a program that would equip all students with some work experience and job skills.
August 5, 1992
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Education National News Updates
Childhood mortality decreased significantly between 1977 and 1989, but the death rate for teenagers and young adults climbed, primarily as a result of an upturn in homicides among young black men, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
August 5, 1992
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Education Unable To Sell Congress on Vouchers, Bush Says Campaign Will Tout Choice
President Bush has served notice that he will try to make school choice an issue in the Presidential campaign.
Julie A. Miller, August 5, 1992
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Education Group Linking Colleges, Schools at Reform Table
The American Association for Higher Education is bringing postsecondary- and precollegiate-education leaders together to identify and resolve problems affecting both sectors.
Mark Pitsch, August 5, 1992
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Education PBS To Launch Educational-Video Channel on Math
The Public Broadcasting Service is moving forward with plans to develop a mathematics service--an educational-video channel that would be aimed primarily at teachers but could also serve students and parents.
Mark Walsh, August 5, 1992
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