February 22, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 14, Issue 22
Education
Curriculum Column
The director of the national-standards project in history has called for an independent panel of experts to review the three volumes in an attempt to end some of the criticism that has plagued them.
Education
Needle, Pin Attacks Prompt Health Fears at 2 Schools
Needle- and pin-wielding students have set off health worries at two schools thousands of miles apart.
Education
Teacher Training Group Trounces NCATE Mandate
Teacher-educators soundly rejected a proposal last week to make national accreditation a prerequisite for membership in the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
Education
Seeking a Cease-Fire in School Ideology Wars
Ideological conflicts between public schools, communities, and conservative religious groups dominated the agenda at a national conference of school administrators here last week.
Education
Exxon Gives $1.25 Million to Goodlad Center
The Exxon Education Foundation last week awarded $1.25 million to the school-reform center founded by John I. Goodlad, the renowned author and professor.
Education
7 Cities To Share $105 Million in Science Grants
The National Science Foundation has awarded $105 million in grants to seven cities to overhaul the way schools teach science, mathematics, and technology.
Education
Merging E.D., Labor Would Save $21 Billion, Backers Say
Washington
The Education Department would be dramatically downsized and merged with two other federal agencies under a proposal that four key House Republicans unveiled last week.
The Education Department would be dramatically downsized and merged with two other federal agencies under a proposal that four key House Republicans unveiled last week.
Education
House Panel Approves Welfare-Reform Bill Creating Block Grants
A House subcommittee approved a Republican welfare-reform bill last week that would give states most of the responsibility for administering aid programs serving millions of poor children and their families.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Have Schools of Education, Business Schools Collaborate
Education
Opinion
The World-History Standards: A Teacher's Perspective
For history teachers, the release of the national-standards documents in world and American history is a "good news-bad news" situation. The good news is that the committees finally have completed their work, after almost three years of collaboration between university historians and precollegiate teachers, and history teachers have documents that rival the standards in other disciplines.
Special Education
Opinion
'The Best Advocate I Have Is Me'
Although I am blind, I spend my days in a regular classroom. For me, learning in a mainstream classroom has been a challenge.
Education
Opinion
'The Gifted Learner Is Underserved'
In the world of education, theoretical approaches frequently gain favor, sometimes as overreactions to approaches no longer held in esteem.
Education
Opinion
'Flexibility Is The Key To Success'
In the world of education, theoretical approaches frequently gain favor, sometimes as overreactions to approaches no longer held in esteem.
Education
Opinion
'Inclusion Challenges The Status Quo'
To comprehend the intensity and persistence of the inclusion controversy of the 1990's and to ultimately get beyond it, we must appreciate the depth of the tradition of exclusion in our public schools, exclusion that was considered legitimate until the middle of this century.
Education
Opinion
'Inclusion Harmed Johnny's Education'
Johnny arrived in my 1st-grade classroom in November 1994. He came from another school within our district because he had recently been assigned to new foster parents and had had problems at his former school. At that school, he was in a Title I classroom with 13 students. My classroom was a regular 1st-grade classroom with 34 students.
Education
Opinion
'States Must Provide Leadership'
In Illinois, we view inclusion--driven by a student's individualized education program--as one of many ways school districts can serve the special needs of students with disabilities. Local school officials must form a partnership with students and their parents to provide education and other services in the least- restrictive environment. The general-education classroom is the starting point for the delivery of services, including specialized instruction and services. Inclusion, therefore, is one placement option for educating students with disabilities.
In Illinois, we view inclusion--driven by a student's individualized education program--as one of many ways school districts can serve the special needs of students with disabilities. Local school officials must form a partnership with students and their parents to provide education and other services in the least- restrictive environment. The general-education classroom is the starting point for the delivery of services, including specialized instruction and services. Inclusion, therefore, is one placement option for educating students with disabilities.
Education
Opinion
To the Best Of Their Abilities
A blind student in the District of Columbia strives to learn physics in a regular classroom. A state policymaker in Illinois grapples with how to pay for special-education teachers' aides. And a 1st-grade teacher in Ohio worries about the impact that one disruptive student is having on the entire class.
Education
Opinion
Cooking the Books on Dropout Rates
Several years ago, Harold Hodgkinson, the eminent education demographer, listed in a magazine article the states with the highest dropout rates. Louisiana, where we live and teach, was shown to have a dropout rate of 39.9 percent, the second-highest rate in the country.
Education
Opinion
'Give Parents the Choice of Placement'
Some years ago, the mother of a deaf child testified before a Congressional committee about the mainstreaming mandate of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.