December 14, 1994
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 15
Education
Districts Turn to Parent Counselors To Bolster School-Family Ties
It can be hard to live up to a name like Zion.
Located in the corridor between Milwaukee and Chicago, Zion, Ill., falls far short of utopia for some families living there. For them, it is a stopover in the quest for jobs along the shore of Lake Michigan.
Located in the corridor between Milwaukee and Chicago, Zion, Ill., falls far short of utopia for some families living there. For them, it is a stopover in the quest for jobs along the shore of Lake Michigan.
Education
The Sound of Nature
Butterflies in flight make no sound. And as a high school science teacher, you'd think Jim Centorino would know better than to challenge such an immutable law of nature.
Education
The U.S. Supreme Court On School Prayer
The Court ruled that New York State's encouragement of daily prayer recitations in the public schools was a violation of the First Amendment's prohibition on government establishment of religion. At issue was a short, nondenominational prayer composed by the state board of regents and proposed for adoption by school districts. The vote was 6 to 1, with two Justices not participating in the case.
1962: Engel v. Vitale
The Court ruled that New York State's encouragement of daily prayer recitations in the public schools was a violation of the First Amendment's prohibition on government establishment of religion. At issue was a short, nondenominational prayer composed by the state board of regents and proposed for adoption by school districts. The vote was 6 to 1, with two Justices not participating in the case.
Education
Annenberg Set to Announce Round of Gifts
Nearly a year after he pledged to provide $500 million to the nation's public schools, the philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg is getting ready to announce where a big portion of that money will go.
Education
Federal File: Ins and outs; Maybe next year; E.D. efficiency
America's top students appear to be unimpressed with President Clinton, and more than half do not know who Richard W. Riley is.
Education
Baltimore Files Funding Suit Against Maryland Board
The American Civil Liberties Union charges in a lawsuit filed against the Maryland Board of Education last week that the state has denied public school children in Baltimore an adequate education.
School Choice & Charters
Citing Debts, L.A. Board Revokes School's Charter
The Los Angeles Unified School District board agreed last week to pull the plug on a charter school that had lost much of its enrollment and gone heavily into debt.
Education
Table Talk
The image of the family gathered around the dinner table has long held a cherished place in American culture. It conjures visions of Norman Rockwell portraits, Thanksgivings, and Ozzie and Harriet.
Education
Kansas High Court Upholds State's School-Finance System
The Kansas Supreme Court has given state lawmakers its stamp of approval for their new school-finance system, ruling unanimously that all parts of the 1992 law pass constitutional muster.
Education
Children's Advocates Mobilize To Protect Child-Care Programs
Leaders of several children's groups, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, are urging their members to hold the new Republican-controlled Leaders of several children's groups, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, are urging their members to hold the new Republican-controlled Congress's feet to the fire on the issue of child care.
Atlanta
Leaders of several children's groups, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, are urging their members to hold the new Republican-controlled Leaders of several children's groups, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children, are urging their members to hold the new Republican-controlled Congress's feet to the fire on the issue of child care.
Education
Idaho Judge Dismisses Equity Suit
An Idaho district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging
the state's school-finance system, ruling that the state legislature
rendered the case moot by responding to some of the plaintiffs'
complaints.
Education
State Journal
The New Jersey Education Department will hold hearings this week with board members and administrators from the Newark school district after questioning the propriety of spending $74,000 on five new cars for board members' use.
Education
The Electronic Gender Gap
Growing numbers of studies suggest that girls and women are raised to think differently about technology than males do.
Education
Revival of Private-School-Voucher Plans Predicted
Private school choice, a concept that has suffered setbacks in recent years, may be picking up steam in states where voters have ushered in a wave of conservative leadership poised to rattle the education bureaucracy.
Education
Ideas and Findings
Students have different ideas about what it means for a teacher to be caring, and those perceptions may vary according to the students' ethnicity and gender.
Education
Foundations Seek More Active Role in Replicating Successful Models
Eight years ago, the Charles A. Dana Foundation launched an awards
program to recognize innovations in education and health. It hoped a
$50,000 prize would draw attention to the winners' ideas and help
spread their successes to more communities.
Education
Michigan Partnership Sets Out on New Course
Michigan's five-year venture in "new education" just passed a crossroads.
Education
D.L.C. Drafts Alternative To Republican 'Contract'
The Democratic Leadership Council, the centrist organization that President Clinton helped found, has called for massive increases in education spending in a response to the g.o.p. "Contract With America."
English Learners
Advocates Assail Calif. Bilingual-Education Proposal
A draft proposal discussed at a meeting of the California Board of Education late last week could dismantle bilingual-education programs across the state, advocates of the programs fear.
Education
Democrat Aides Find They Are Out in the Cold
Washington
The day after the Republicans' Nov. 8 election juggernaut swept across the political landscape, Pat Rissler received bad news from the firm that had offered her a job months earlier.
The day after the Republicans' Nov. 8 election juggernaut swept across the political landscape, Pat Rissler received bad news from the firm that had offered her a job months earlier.
Education
Elections Are Likely To Spur Shift in Power
As the reconfigured Congress and state legislatures prepare to convene next month, many lawmakers and governors are signaling an interest in rethinking the roles of federal, state, and local governments. That sentiment could launch the most dramatic power shift in decades.
Education
Counting Their Losses in Wealthy Orange County
Education officials in California are picking through the rubble of Orange County's apparent financial disaster to determine whether schools there could lose millions of dollars.
Education
New Laws Leave State, Local Officials Full of Questions
Baltimore
With planning for the 1995-96 school year under way and dramatic changes in federal education programs taking effect, roughly 2,000 state and local education officials came to a recent Education Department conference here looking for answers.
With planning for the 1995-96 school year under way and dramatic changes in federal education programs taking effect, roughly 2,000 state and local education officials came to a recent Education Department conference here looking for answers.
Education
Effort To Do the Right Thing Upsets Ga. County
After Corkin Cherubini was elected the superintendent of schools in Calhoun County, Ga., two years ago, he set out to dismantle a series of district practices that he says amount to "education apartheid."
Education
Gore Seeks Bill To Earmark F.C.C. Auction Revenues for Schools
Washington
Vice President Al Gore will work with Congress to develop legislation that would earmark money raised by the Federal Communications Commission's multi-billion-dollar auction of the public airwaves for helping schools connect to the "information highway."
Vice President Al Gore will work with Congress to develop legislation that would earmark money raised by the Federal Communications Commission's multi-billion-dollar auction of the public airwaves for helping schools connect to the "information highway."
Education
Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.