February 17, 1999
Education Week, Vol. 18, Issue 23
Standards & Accountability
In Survey, U.S. Adults Rank Academics Below Health Information, Work Skills
Most state standards require students to learn a heavy dose of academics, but that may not be what Americans value most, a survey suggests.
Federal
Riley: ESEA Plan Will Push Teacher Quality
The Department of Education will not seek a major overhaul of Title I in this year's reauthorization of ESEA, Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley said.
School & District Management
Opinion
'This Is a Nice Private Public School'
The aura that surrounds private schools has taken control of the debate over public schools. Scratch beneath the surface of controversies over vouchers, or choice, or funding formulas, and you will find assumptions about the nature of private and public schools.
Education
Opinion
Grammarama
If bad writing were a crime, most Americans would be under felony indictment. Students graduate from high school today unable to distinguish the difference between its and it's, or their and there, or than and then. They confuse the functions of a comma with those of a period, and they haven't the least idea what a semicolon is for (no, it's not part of the human intestine). Their prose, if one can designate their often childish scribbling as such, is marred by misspellings, misusages, and outright barbarisms.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
A Two-Lane Road Into Teaching
Our nation will need at least 2 million new teachers in the next 10 years. Where will we find them? Although the best route into teaching for young adults is through participation in a standard teacher education program, it is unlikely that our colleges of education will provide enough new teachers. Clearly, we will have to tap a variety of nontraditional sources of teachers.