October 11, 1995
Education Week, Vol. 15, Issue 06
Education
With Few Friends Left, Urban Districts Feel Isolated
Congress wants to slash their federal support. State legislatures think they spend too much money. And city councils and local business committees aren't much help, either.
Education
Ala. Joins 3 Other States in Rejecting Goals 2000 Funding
Washington
Alabama will become the fourth state to decline federal funding under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
Alabama will become the fourth state to decline federal funding under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
Education
Standards for Administrators Are Released
Hailing an end to the "fragmentation" of existing standards for the education of school administrators, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education last week unveiled a new set of standards for preparing education leaders.
Education
Local Fund-Raising Prompts Larger Questions About Equity
The idea had such an appealing, '90s ring to it: Rather than wait for their school board to pay for a new high school auditorium, residents of Bowie, Md., would rally together and raise the money themselves.
Education
Advocates Cast Wary Eye on Lobby-Reform Measure
A lobbying-reform measure at issue in a House-Senate conference could restrict how education and child-welfare groups advocate for their causes and raise money.
Education
The Language of Science
By the turn of the century, experts predict that every science teacher in the country will have students in their classrooms who are not native English speakers.
Education
Take Note: Getting Personal; Fossils
A woman might expect detailed questions about her pregnancy and her child's infancy at the pediatrician's office.
Education
Public Agenda Captures Voice Of the People
In the past 12 months, big things in education reform have come from a small office in Manhattan.
Education
State News Roundup
Although legislators in Colorado passed the Tobacco-Free Schools ACT in July 1994, 18 percent of youths who smoked in 1995 did so on school property, a recent study found.
Colorado Youths Still Smoking at School
Although legislators in Colorado passed the Tobacco-Free Schools ACT in July 1994, 18 percent of youths who smoked in 1995 did so on school property, a recent study found.
Education
Legislative Update
The following are summaries of final action by legislatures on state education budgets and other education-related matters.
Education
Sizing Up Software With a Child's Eye
For one blissful week this summer, Kimberly Hooverson settled down in an apartment on the outskirts of Seattle, a television remote control in her hand and a healthy skepticism in her heart, to tell one of the world's most successful companies what it is doing wrong.
Education
Ky. Research Group Issues Reports on Impact of Reforms
A research center set up to monitor local practices under Kentucky's 1990 school-reform law is releasing a series of reports designed to set the agenda for next year's legislative session.
Education
Too Little, Too Late
A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don't start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who have nodded off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students simply can't handle the early hour.
Education
Chinese-American Parents in S.F. Win Round in Court
Chinese-American parents in San Francisco have won the first skirmish in their battle to overturn school-desegregation policies that they say discriminate against their children.
Education
Highlights of Mathematics and Science Study
High school enrollment figures show increases between 1990 and 1994 in the proportion of students taking more-challenging mathematics and science courses:
Education
People Column
Tired of looking out on a sea of bored faces in his civics class, Wayne Kolb decided to make the political process come alive for his students. He is running for president of the United States.
Education
Corrections
A story in the Oct. 4 issue of Education Week about states that have received federal charter-schools grants did not include Minnesota. The state received a $500,000 grant.
Education
Teachers Column
The National Education Association's endorsement of the Lesbian and Gay History Month in October has resulted in a war of words between the union and conservative activists.
Education
N.Y.C. Mayor Seeks Overhaul of Governance
The bitter fight for control of the New York City schools between Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the school board spread to Albany last week, as state legislators announced plans to intervene.
Education
State Journal: Arizona surprise
In a recent speech, Arizona Gov. Fife Symington called for dramatic changes in the state's education system, including the abolition of the state education department.
Education
Fla. Class-Size Mandate Sends Districts Scurrying
Nobody had to tell Superintendent Cynthia Pino of the Volusia County, Fla., school district that the state's classrooms are overcrowded.
Education
Vallas Ousts 3 Administrators at Troubled Chicago School
Leaders of the Chicago public schools, declaring a city high school to be "in a state of educational crisis," last week removed three administrators and called for new elections to the council that governs the school.
Education
States Will Be Hard Pressed To Boost Education Funding, Studies Predict
Deborah L. Cohen
Although the overall financial picture in many states has brightened considerably in the past few years, those gains are not likely to translate into increased spending on education and children's services in the near future, a new set of studies says.
Although the overall financial picture in many states has brightened considerably in the past few years, those gains are not likely to translate into increased spending on education and children's services in the near future, a new set of studies says.
Education
N.H. Critics Target Federal Voc.-Ed. Funds
Conservative groups in New Hampshire are lobbying state officials to return $13 million in federal funds the state received under an effort to help ease students into the workplace.
Education
Publishing Column
To ensure that some of the students most at risk in the nation can complete their education, the National Women's Law Center has published a book detailing strategies for assisting pregnant and parenting teens.
Education
Federal File: Backing off
As next week's deadline approaches, it appears that all the states have passed the gun-free-schools legislation mandated by a 1994 federal law or are on their way to doing so.
Education
Ideas & Findings
The federal Head Start program pays off for white children, but, for African-American children, the program doesn't provide much of a return on its investment.
Education
Upper-Level Math, Science Enrollment Is Up, Study Says
Enrollment in upper-level mathematics and science classes has
increased in recent years, corresponding to tougher high school
graduation requirements in most states, a study released here last week
says.