November 27, 1996
Education Week, Vol. 16, Issue 13
School Choice & Charters
Catholic Parents' Effort In Md. Reflects Role Of Political Bargaining
Each weekday, an Allegany County Transit bus drives a crew of workers the 20-odd miles from Cumberland in western Maryland to a paper mill in Luke.
Equity & Diversity
Judge Declines To Rule on Quotas in Boston
A federal judge declined last week to rule on the constitutionality of the admissions process for Boston's prestigious exam schools because the school board has already agreed to throw out the existing system of racial quotas.
States
States Rethink How To Pay For Special Ed.
When New York state Commissioner of Education Richard P. Mills called for big changes in the way the state pays for special education earlier this month, he was traveling a well-worn path.
School Climate & Safety
Resignation Follows Portable-Classroom Flap
The superintendent of the Orange County, Fla., schools has announced his retirement after weeks of controversy about dilapidated conditions of modular classrooms in the district.
Education
Community Resources
Children's Studies at Harvard, a two-year project designed to bring together professionals from various disciplines to collaborate on issues affecting children's well-being, has received a $1 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Standards & Accountability
Math, English Standards Released in Calif.
California's top education policymakers have unveiled the state's proposed first set of academic standards for high school students in a cooperative effort to raise achievement and relieve the burden on colleges to provide remedial education.
Federal
College Tax Credits Eyed by Choice Supporters
President Clinton's plan to create tax credits to offset the cost of college tuition is leading some conservatives to ask: Shouldn't parents of children in private elementary and secondary schools get the same deal?
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
Robin Hooding the Privates--Giving to the Publics
Did you know that Robin Hood and his merry band swore never to harm
a child? Better known is that "they would take that which had been
wrung from the poor by unjust taxes, or land rents, or in wrongful
fines; but to the poor folk they would give a helping hand in need and
trouble, and would return to them that which had been unjustly taken
from them." Please note that the poor aren't poor in this story without
reason. They had been unjustly trespassed against.
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
'Evergreen' Contracts: A Reasonable Alternative to Tenure
As an educator who has divided his 32-year career almost equally
between the public and private sectors, I believe I bring a unique
perspective to the debate on tenure, having lived in school settings
where it was a bedrock of the educational culture and in others where
it was nonexistent.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor