September 30, 1992

Education Week, Vol. 12, Issue 04
Education Report Details Education and Income of Asian-Americans
WASHINGTON--Adult Americans from Asia and the Pacific Islands are nearly twice as likely as whites to have completed four years of college, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau that is the first by the bureau to focus specifically on that group.
Peter Schmidt, September 30, 1992
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Education Column One: Students
Although most youth employment and training programs include some form of support services, such as child care, counseling, and legal aid, there is little information on how many young people receive such services or how effective they are, a new study has found.
September 30, 1992
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Education Books: New in Print
Curriculum and Methods
Enhancing Thinking Through Cooperative Learning, ed. by Neil Davidson & Toni Worsham (Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Ave., New York, N.Y. 10027; 320 pp., $20.95 paper). Examines the theoretical foundation of current practices in cooperative learning. Also contains practical methods that can be applied to a full range of classroom settings from kindergarten through graduate school, and in a variety of subjects.
September 30, 1992
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Education U.S. Not Biggest Spender on Education, Study Finds
Moreover, the United States also lags other nations in academic achievement. Citing previously released test data, the report notes that most nations' students outperform Americans in mathematics.
Robert Rothman, September 30, 1992
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Education Classroom Resources On Voting, the Elections
Information about programs that teach students about voting and the upcoming elections can be obtained from the following organizations:
September 30, 1992
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Education District News Roundup
Teachers in a New York City elementary school, fearing for their safety and that of their students, have started carrying hand-held sirens intended to ward off intruders.
September 30, 1992
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Education Q&A: Institute Director Discusses Teaching Peace, World Affairs
The United States Institute of Peace was founded by Congress in 1984 in response to a citizen campaign calling for the creation of a "peace academy'' to counterbalance the military academies.
September 30, 1992
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Education After 40 Years in L.A., Anton Resigns as Superintendent
With harsh words for four school board members and the leadership of the teachers' union, William R. Anton, the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, announced last week that he was retiring after a 40-year career in the district.
Ann Bradley, September 30, 1992
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Education Ballot Box: On the record; On children's issues
President Bush last week attacked the education record of his Democratic rival, Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, in a series of six speeches in Mr. Clinton's home region.
September 30, 1992
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Education Field of Screams
Q. What has 230 pompoms, an equal number of saddle shoes, and covers an entire football field?
September 30, 1992
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Education News Updates
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge has ruled that a suit filed against the city and the University of Pennsylvania over the availability of scholarships must go to trial.
September 30, 1992
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Education 'Full Inclusion' of Disabled in Regular Classes Favored
Schools should fully explore ways to teach students with disabilities in regular classrooms before segregating them in special-education settings, a federal judge has ruled in a New Jersey case.
Debra Viadero, September 30, 1992
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Education Vt. Panel Mulls Income-Tax Surcharge To Pay for Schools
A Vermont panel is considering a bold school-finance-restructuring plan that calls for paying for education with a locally determined income-tax surcharge instead of the residential property tax.
Sally K. Gifford, September 30, 1992
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Education Tax Credits No Boost to Good Day Care, Study Finds
Child-care strategies that rely on tax credits and vouchers to insure parental choice and keep centers competitive have had no "discernible effect on the quality of child care,'' a new study asserts.
Deborah L. Cohen, September 30, 1992
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Curriculum Books: Readings
In Teleliteracy: Taking Television Seriously, the New York Post critic David Bianculli defends TV as a positive influence--and a legitimate subject for scholarly research. Viewers should judge the medium in context, Mr. Bianculli advises, and, in the following excerpt, he shows how this might especially benefit students:
September 30, 1992
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Education State News Roundup
School districts, colleges, and businesses in South Carolina would form voluntary partnerships to establish a statewide system of regional resource centers for mathematics and science teachers under a reform proposal released this month by Gov. Carroll A. Campbell Jr.
September 30, 1992
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Education Lawmakers in N.J. Seek Relief in New Finance Plan
New Jersey Republicans, who gained control of the legislature last year as a result of a voter revolt against increased taxes for education, have produced a preliminary plan aimed at offering some fiscal relief to middle-income school districts while slowing new funding to disadvantaged ones.
Karen Diegmueller, September 30, 1992
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Education Indians Work To Save a Language--and Their Heritage
Ted Risingsun seems lost in memories as he stares through the haze of a prairie summer at the grove of cottonwoods where, as a American Indian youngster, he received a roughshod introduction to white culture.
Peter West, September 30, 1992
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Education Colleges Column
In the latest attack on what some view as the politicization of the academy, Lynne V. Cheney, the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, warns in a new report that some humanities professors are eschewing "trying to tell what is true'' for political activism in the classroom.
September 30, 1992
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Education N.Y. Unveils Checklist To Gauge Progress on Goals
Commissioner of Education Thomas Sobol of New York State has moved to provide concrete guideposts for school reform by proposing a set of indicators of progress toward goals already adopted by the state board of regents.
Millicent Lawton, September 30, 1992
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Education Apathy Spurs Efforts Seeking To Engage Future Voters in the Electoral Process
With public disenchantment with politicians on the rise and voter turnout on the decline, a number of organizations are seeking to engage a future generation of voters--today's elementary and secondary students--in the electoral process.
Meg Sommerfeld, September 30, 1992
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Education Winning Credibility Proves Toughest Pitch For Entrants Into Scholarship-Sales Business
Louis R. Napoliello is out to change what financial-aid professionals think about for-profit college-scholarship services--at least what they think about his.
Mark Pitsch, September 30, 1992
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Education Milestones
Carl J. Megel, the first full-time president of the American Federation of Teachers, died Sept. 18 of congestive heart failure at his home in Rockville, Md. He was 92.
September 30, 1992
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Education School-Work Nexus: If Any Road Can Take You There, You Don't Know Where You're
Laid-off auto workers taking minimum-wage jobs--if they can get them--have become a symbol of the economic distress of our times. Now they are being joined by middle managers and other white-collar workers, sometimes laid off by profitable companies that are restructuring in anticipation of tougher competition in the future.
Stephen F. Hamilton, September 30, 1992
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Education News In Brief
A group of school districts in southwestern Kansas has filed the third lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a school-finance law passed this year by the legislature.
September 30, 1992
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Education Capital Digest
The House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities last week marked up a bill aimed at helping develop voluntary national skills standards for various occupations and creating innovative school-to-work transition programs.
September 30, 1992
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Education Minn. Board Considers Relaxing Policy on Racial Balance
The Minnesota state board of education last week was considering a plan to give cities more leeway and suburbs more responsibility in keeping schools integrated.
Peter Schmidt, September 30, 1992
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Education House Passes Compromise O.E.R.I. Reauthorization
WASHINGTON--Beating a tactical retreat to advance the legislation, the House last week adopted and sent to the Senate a compromise measure to reauthorize the Education Department's office of educational research and improvement.
Robert Rothman, September 30, 1992
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Education Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
September 30, 1992
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