February 22, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 22
Education
News in Brief
Plans to equalize school funding across Arkansas are becoming more popular as Gov. Jim Guy Tucker and lawmakers review all their options and react to the implications of various bills.
Education
News in Brief
The House last week passed the last in a series of crime bills that would replace prevention and community-policing programs with a $10 billion block grant that local governments could spend on the anti-crime measures of their choice.
Education
Art for Youths' Sake
Covered with black-and-white photographs and small drawings, the dimly lighted hallway that leads into a downtown loft here provides only a hint of what is to come. Inside, paintings and drawings take up nearly every inch of wall space. What doesn't fit leans against columns or--like the lamp crafted from old bicycle rims--hangs from the ceiling. The room is a jumble of boards, doors, strips of wood, and paint cans.
Education
Oregon Wins Waiver Authority, Goals 2000 Approval
Oregon is the first state to gain approval for a statewide school-improvement plan under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the Education Department announced last week.
Education
Experts, Educators Question A.D.D. Diagnoses
Marilyn L. Sandler and her husband struggled last fall with the decision to give their 12-year-old son a drug intended to combat his chronic inattentiveness and hyperactivity. The Sandlers were concerned about the long-term effects of the stimulant, and they were worried that their son might become addicted.
Education
States News Roundup
Students brought guns, knives, or other weapons to Minnesota schools at least 870 times last year, a state study of reported incidents shows.
Education
Wealthy N.J. Districts Assail Spending Categories
Seventy mostly well-to-do New Jersey school districts are up in arms over a state plan that will penalize them for "excessive" spending.
Education
11 States Sign On to 'High Skills' Consortium
Nearly a dozen states have pledged to revamp their education, training, and labor-market systems to help create the highly skilled workforce called for in an influential 1990 report.
Education
Clinton Urges Educators To Join Defense of School Programs
Saying he is engaged in a "classic battle" with Congressional Republicans over the federal government's role in education, President Clinton last week issued the most impassioned defense of his education record to date and urged educators to join the fray.
Education
People Column
Robert R. Spillane, the superintendent of the Fairfax County, Va., schools, has been named the 1995 National Superintendent of the Year.
Education
Report Raises Questions About Ky.'s Testing System
Kentucky officials have made remarkable progress in overhauling the state's student-assessment program, but much work needs to be done to refine the tests and explain their purpose to teachers, according to the first independent evaluation of the test.
Education
There's Student Safety in Numbers, L.A. Board Decides
The Los Angeles school board has decided that students in the nation's second-largest district may no longer go to the restroom alone.
Curriculum
Speaker Gingrich Touts Reading Program's Payoff
Reading pays at Hohl Elementary School in Houston, where 4th graders get $1 for each book they read through a motivational program called Earning by Learning.
Education
News Updates
The Georgia state school board has reversed its policy that prohibited schools from using state money to buy textbooks and other instructional materials that are not included on a state-approved list.
Education
Publishing Column
A New York City principal and American Express have teamed up to publish a book showcasing proven strategies for improving schools.
Education
Income a Key Factor in Child-Care Availability, Study Finds
Poor children in Massachusetts have 40 percent fewer preschools available to them than wealthy children there do, despite the state's exemplary child-care policies, a study says.
Education
District News Roundup
Superintendent Sammie Campbell Parrish of Cleveland has announced plans to set up in her district Ohio's first charter schools.
Education
Panel Votes $300 Million Cut in School Construction, Job Training
Washington
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would cut $300 million in school-construction and job-training funds this year to help offset the cost of a $3.2 billion supplemental defense-spending bill.
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would cut $300 million in school-construction and job-training funds this year to help offset the cost of a $3.2 billion supplemental defense-spending bill.
Education
G.O.P. Moderates Seen Playing Key Policy Role
A group representing the 73 House Republican freshmen announced their intention last week to work toward ending federal involvement in education and abolishing the Education Department.
Education
Age-old argument
It wasn't easy, but 9th graders at Winter Park High School in Florida have drafted a $182 billion savings plan to balance the federal budget.
Education
State Journal: Electoral politics; Surprise
The Pride of Elected Officials Dies Hard in Mississippi.
Education
Politics Aside, Educators Fear Impact of Arts-Funding Cuts
Critics of federal arts funding argue that the programs have often supported radical--or even immoral--projects, and at best are a luxury the nation cannot afford.
Education
Ohio Governor's School-Aid Plan Meets Opposition
Gov. George V. Voinovich's plans to fix inequities in Ohio's school-funding system are running headlong into opposition from state education leaders--and from some of the districts he is trying to help.
Education
School Access to the Internet Limited, Survey Finds
Only a tiny fraction of the nation's classrooms have access to the Internet global computer network, the U.S. Education Department's first comprehensive survey of telecommunications in schools has concluded.
Education
Federal File
Rep. John E. Porter, R-Ill., took the reins of the appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over education programs as Congress's new Republican leaders were promising to slash the size of government.
Education
Capital Update
Capital Update tracks the movement of legislation, the introduction of notable bills, and routine regulatory announcements.
Education
Postscript
Bennett Brown has had his 15 minutes of fame--and then some. After the Chicago physics teacher was profiled in Education Week, The New York Times came calling. Then ABC's "Day One" sent its cameras to Brown's classroom for four days.
Education
In a Surprise, Schools Chief In Ky. Resigns
Thomas C. Boysen, the veteran local superintendent who was tapped to put Kentucky's massive 1990 school-reform law into action, surprised observers last week by announcing that he will resign as the state's education chief this summer.