August 4, 1993
Education Week, Vol. 12, Issue 40
Education
Racial 'Clustering' Practice Phased Out in Richmond Schools
The Richmond school district violated federal law when it clustered white students in the same classrooms in two of its schools, the U.S. Education Department's office for civil rights has concluded.
Education
Illinois Aid Hike Not Seen Easing Chicago Deficit
The Illinois legislature has given final approval to a fiscal 1994 budget that provides an additional $84 million for the Chicago schools but leaves the district still facing a massive deficit for the coming year.
Education
Sample Music Standards for Students in Grades 5-8
Content Standard: Students improvise music in a variety of styles.
Education
Alliance Aims for 'Break the Mold Systems,' Not Just Schools
Excitement was evident in Marge des Groseilliers' voice as the principal of a K-12 school in rural Vermont recounted how students from her school raised money for a field trip to the rain forest of Costa Rica.
Education
More Women Having Babies Without Marrying, Survey Finds
Greater societal acceptance of out-of-wedlock births and an increasing tendency by women to approach marriage and childbirth as two separate decisions are spurring more women to have children without marrying, new Census Bureau data suggest.
Education
Reform Partnership Makes Bridging Gaps Its Business
In her cluttered, informal work space here at the Michigan Partnership for New Education, Joyce Grant chuckles as she recalls an encounter with several of the state's most influential business leaders.
Education
Organizers Discuss Program To Educate Teachers About Africa
In an effort to provide 25 Boston-area teachers with a basic grounding in African studies, Boston University and the Brookline public schools this summer collaborated on an intensive four-week seminar on African history, literature, and culture.
Education
Draft Standards for Arts Education Stress Knowledge, Performance
By the time they leave high school, students should be able to play a musical instrument competently, create a dance, and stage dramatic material, according to the first complete draft of national standards for arts education.
School Climate & Safety
10% of Youths in Survey Report Firing a Gun or Being Shot at
Roughly one in 10 10- to 19-year-olds say they have fired a gun at
someone or have been shot at, and about two in five say they know
someone who has been killed or wounded by gunfire, according to a
survey conducted by the pollster Louis Harris for the Harvard School of
Public Health.
Education
Study Highlights Unmet Needs of Immigrant Students
Despite the record number of immigrant youths entering the public schools in the last decade, federal and state policies have failed to address their needs, a new study concludes.
Education
New Arrangements: Consumers of Services Fuel Project in Miami
Until parents were asked to help in quashing a head-lice epidemic at Fienberg-Fisher Elementary School here, officials did not understand why pupils sent home with the highly infectious condition kept bringing it back to school.
Education
Teaching-Standards Board Tops List of Grant-Winners
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is the
nation's number-one grants-winning group in elementary and secondary
education, according to a publication issued by the Foundation Center
in New York.
Education
Ability To Share Turf Is Litmus Test for Partnership
In a light, spacious room here at Carpenter Elementary School, education students huddle around tables, working with small groups of youngsters on mathematics problems.
Education
Publishing Column
"The first serious journal about school change by teachers for teachers.'' That is how a forthcoming peer-reviewed quarterly from the National Education Association and Corwin Press is described in literature soliciting articles for its September start-up.
Education
E.D. and House Democrats Negotiate on 'Goals 2000' Bill
WASHINGTON--With President Clinton's "goals 2000: educate America act'' poised for floor consideration in both the House and Senate, the Education Department is continuing to negotiate with Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee to reach compromises on amendments the panel had added to the bill.
Education
Ginsburg Is 'Open to Ideas' on Legal Test in Church-State Cases
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave tepid support during hearings on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court to the most crucial precedent that governs cases involving religion and the public schools.
Education
New Haven Board First To Offer Condoms to Students in 5th Grade
In a move that broke new ground in school health policy, the New Haven, Conn., school board adopted a plan last month to make condoms available to both middle and high school students through school clinics.
Education
Chiefs' Project To Assist 'Systemic' Reform in States
The Council of Chief State School Officers has moved to strengthen its technical assistance to states that are pursuing "systemic'' reform.
Education
Federal File
Some Washington insiders are predicting that conservatives will try to snarl another Education Department nomination.
School Climate & Safety
Cabinet Heads Kick Off Coordinated Effort To Curb Youth Violence
WASHINGTON--Three Cabinet secretaries and the nation's drug czar took the stage here last month to demonstrate the Clinton Administration's resolve to rein in the distressing encroachment of violence in the lives of children and teenagers.
Education
State News Roundup
The California Department of Education has been harming language-minority children with its "single minded'' emphasis on native-language instruction, a new report by a bipartisan state watchdog agency argues.
Education
Capital Digest
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee has approved the nomination of Thomas W. Payzant to be assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, but opposition from conservatives has delayed consideration by the full Senate.
Education
News In Brief
Wisconsin lawmakers have moved to curb rising local property taxes by approving a state budget plan that imposes five years of cost controls on public school spending.
Education
Budget Shifts Hurting Public Colleges, Survey Finds
Although the fiscal condition of states looks somewhat healthier than it has in recent years, shifting funding priorities have made higher education particularly vulnerable to lawmakers seeking ways to balance their budgets, according to a preliminary report released here last week by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Education
Study Finds Immigrants' Children Face Some Risks in Assimilating
While the children of immigrants are eager to learn English, their academic prospects in some cases are harmed by their assimilation into American life, data from an ongoing study of 5,000 immigrant children in South Florida and San Diego suggest.
Education
News Updates
Head Start programs will remain in 40 Chicago elementary schools during the coming school year, district officials said last month.
Education
House Backs Bill To Create National-Service Program
WASHINGTON--The House last week advanced a key component of President Clinton's domestic agenda by passing a bill to create a federal corporation to administer and facilitate national and community service.