June 17, 1998
Education Week, Vol. 17, Issue 40
Teaching Profession
State of Independence
Over lunch at a trendy Italian eatery a few blocks from the gold-leaf dome
of Georgia's Capitol, Barbara Christmas spots a familiar face.
Early Childhood
Voucher Plans Surface in Hearing on Head Start Reauthorization
Voucher proposals emerged as a topic of debate last week at the second hearing this year on the reauthorization of Head Start, the government's 33-year-old preschool program for poor children.
Education
Ala. School Boards Challenge Nonschool Appropriations
The Alabama Association of School Boards is asking a judge to bar the legislature from sending more than $211 million in state education dollars to charities, private colleges, and education-related programs run by state agencies other than the education department.
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Education
Principals' Group Announces Debut of TV Network
Principals and other high school and middle school educators will be able to learn from expert colleagues across the country without leaving their schools, thanks to a new program developed by a national principals' group.
School & District Management
New Research Chief Has Unique Education Outlook
With a career forged in educational grantmaking, state education policy, and academe, Kent McGuire seems to have spent a lifetime preparing for his new role as assistant secretary of the Department of Education's office of educational research and improvement.
Education
Panel Finds No Tests Comparable to Ones Clinton Espouses
Washington
The Clinton administration won support last week from a respected panel of academics for one of its underlying arguments for why the United States needs new national tests in reading and math.
Standards & Accountability
South Carolina Approves School Reform Package With Class-Size Provision
A wide-ranging school accountability package was signed into law last week in South Carolina, where legislators plan to set aside $36.2 million for the 1998-99 school year to help schools meet recently adopted state standards for learning.
Standards & Accountability
A New Accountability Player: The Local Newspaper
Many newspapers are using sophisticated computer techniques to delve into educational data.
Standards & Accountability
Wilson Pressures Panel To Cede Standards-Setting Control
Bowing to pressure from Gov. Pete Wilson, the California commission created by law to set standards for what students should know and be able to do agreed last week to wrap up its activities and turn the job over to the state school board.
Education
Correction
A brief obituary on U.S. District Judge George F. Gunn Jr. in the June 3, 1998, issue of Education Week stated that the attempt to mediate the St. Louis school desegregation case was unsuccessful. In fact, that long-stalled effort is continuing.
A brief obituary on U.S. District Judge George F. Gunn Jr. in the June 3, 1998, issue of Education Week stated that the attempt to mediate the St. Louis school desegregation case was unsuccessful. In fact, that long-stalled effort is continuing.
Budget & Finance
Opinion
Fatally Flawed
| The battle over how to pay for public education is shifting from state legislatures to the courts. |
Education
Opinion
If It Wasn't Around in the Middle Ages, It's a Fad!
| All such reform efforts have always failed in the past and they will continue to do the same in the future. |
Education
Opinion
International Competitiveness In Science
Don't blame U.S. adolescents or middle schools for a 'slump' on the TIMSS test.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
What Teachers Could Use Is Collaborative Support
Standards & Accountability
NCAA Ponders Revising Academic-Eligibility Rules
Hearing a growing chorus of criticism that its strict freshman-eligibility requirements for college athletes punish minority and low-income students and undermine school reform, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has signaled that changes could be on the horizon.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Doctors Warn of Improper Screening of Athletes
Health screenings that could detect the risk of sudden cardiac death in student athletes either don't exist or aren't detailed enough in many states and should be standardized nationally, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes.