December 15, 1999
Education Week, Vol. 19, Issue 16
Education
Federal File
Tennessee could have one of the more interesting congressional races next year, pitting two education committee members against each other for a Senate seat.
Eyeing the Senate
Tennessee could have one of the more interesting congressional races next year, pitting two education committee members against each other for a Senate seat.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Army Charts College Plan for Recruits
The U.S. Army unveiled a proposal last week to increase flagging recruitment numbers by offering college courses over the Internet for free to young men and women in the service.
Equity & Diversity
N.Y. in Throes Of Distinctive State Aid Trial
A school finance trial, now underway after almost five years preparation, is raising the prospect that New York state might eventually be forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on city schools.
Education
State Journal
Down on Charters
Gov. John Engler's effort to lift the cap on charter schools in Michigan has failed.
School Climate & Safety
Court Programs Granting Teenagers Jury of Their Peers
The teen-court program in Durham, N.C., is part of a national movement that has expanded rapidly during the decade, from an estimated 50 such programs in 1991 to more than 600 this year, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
Assessment
N.Y.C. Probe Levels Test-Cheating Charges
More than 50 New York City educators face dismissal after an independent auditor accused them of helping students cheat on standardized tests given by the city and the state.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Take Note
Paws that refreshes
Hungry folks in the small town of Filer, Idaho, need to look no further than their local high school for a good meal at a great price. But reservations are a must.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Schools Hope To Cash In On Online Sales
Schools may get a sense this holiday season of whether a new fund-raising approach will roll in big bucks or a mere pittance.
Standards & Accountability
Alternative Group For Education Leaders Expanding
The fourth annual meeting of the Education Leaders Council drew about 250 mostly conservative-minded school leaders to Orlando for two days of brain-picking and loin-girding at what many of them viewed as a critical juncture for academic standards and school choice.
Education
Report Card on For-Profit Industry Still Incomplete
As the education industry grows, will the bottom line be about learning or earnings? Raising student achievement or making a profit? Can it be about both? Includes: "Companies Taking on Role of Guidance Counselors" and "Companies at a Glance."
Education
Corrections
A story about the Educational Testing Service in the Dec. 1, 1999, issue of Education Week ("Testing ETS") misstated the year in which the organization had its largest employee layoff. The year was 1993.
Teaching Profession
NEA Unseals 40-Year-Old Prophecies On Nation's Schools
Last week the National Education Association unsealed a microwave-oven-sized copper container that was a cornerstone at the dedication of its new $7 million building in Washington on Feb. 10, 1959.
School & District Management
Opinion
Transforming Education
In order to survive in the new brain-powered economy, Morton Egol, managing director of Arthur Andersen & Co.’s School of the Future program in New York City, contends that education should be the world's largest, most important industry.
Education
Opinion
Some Books of the Century
As the fin de siècle approaches, we have been besieged with lists: news events of the century, novels of the century, nonfiction works, films, songs, and, yes, books specific to fields of study. Yet lists elicit many different responses, most often resulting in cries of objection concerning not what is listed, but what has been left off. Includes: "Museum of Education Books of the Century."
Education
Opinion
An American Classic at 40
As lists of important contributions to educational thought are completed, William E. DeLamater wants to put in a good word for one little book, Jerome S. Bruner’s The Process of Education.
Education
Letter to the Editor
Letters
- Civics Scores Were Amazing, in Context
- That 'Ideal School' Won't Be Public
- Sponsor Clarifies Title I Legislation
- Bilingual Education: Clarifying the Population and the Policy
- Religious Partners: Where Are Muslims?
- Why Do Women Fail To Apply?
- For Vouchers, Not Against Charters
- Keep 'Public Schools' Under Public Control
- Voucher History: Skeptics Should Come to Vermont
Student Achievement
Opinion
The Real Debate On Student Achievement
Every year, tens of thousands of high school students enter contests in competitive debate at meets hosted weekly on the campuses of high schools and colleges across the country.