October 6, 1993
Education Week, Vol. 13, Issue 05
Education
News in Brief
A Pennsylvania panel has backed a bill that allows the expulsion for the rest of the school year of students who bring weapons to public school.
Education
N.A.S. Board Seeks To Bring Expertise to Issues of Testing
A permanent board on testing and assessment that was created by the National Academy of Sciences has met for the first time.
Education
Bush's Community Program Finds Home in Clinton Reform Plan
For local activists who accepted President Bush's challenge to create "America 2000 communities,'' the good news is that the Clinton Administration has kept the community-based part of the Bush education strategy virtually intact.
Ed-Tech Policy
Technology Column
A researcher has begun looking at ways to adapt an unusual computer keyboard he designed to help children with disabilities develop that vital skill of the Information Age: the ability to type.
Education
Letting the Music Move You
A retired teacher and school librarian from Kentucky has made a name for herself linking rhyme with reason.
Education
Senate Backs 2.7% Increase for Education Programs
The Senate last week approved a spending bill for fiscal 1994 that includes $28.8 billion for Education Department programs.
Education
Sex-Harassment, Civil-Rights Cases on High Court's Docket
The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term this week with only one school-related case on its docket, but educators will also be watching the outcome of cases dealing with sexual discrimination in the workplace and the scope of the Civil Rights Act of 1991.
Education
School-to-Work Partnership Seeks To Lead by Example
President Clinton's school-to-work initiative has spawned a partnership between the Education and Labor departments that stands as a rare example of the federal government's practicing what it preaches.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
To the Editor:
Your article entitled "Teacher Programs at Dartmouth, Wesleyan in Jeopardy'' (Sept. 22, 1993) explains the resistance of faculty members and administrators at these two institutions to teacher-certification programs at their schools. Although the story does not say so, implicit in these attitudes is the extent to which many, if not most, of our nation's liberal-arts and sciences institutions reject teacher training as a legitimate mission.
Your article entitled "Teacher Programs at Dartmouth, Wesleyan in Jeopardy'' (Sept. 22, 1993) explains the resistance of faculty members and administrators at these two institutions to teacher-certification programs at their schools. Although the story does not say so, implicit in these attitudes is the extent to which many, if not most, of our nation's liberal-arts and sciences institutions reject teacher training as a legitimate mission.
Education
Opinion
Authentic Assessments and the True Multiple-Measures Approach
The best sleuths and scientists know the value of multiple measures.
Education
Opinion
The Politics of National Standards
As the American school's latest reform movement gathered momentum in the 1980's, the idea of national standards raised a noble hope, the belief that if we spotlighted the grandest peaks of knowledge in school subjects, teachers and students would strive to scale them.